RPC VII.2, 1654

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1654
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Callatis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 339
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18264302, Löbb. AMNG 339/1, pl. XIV.10, rev.
2 2     ✸ NY: 1957.52.238
3 3     Budapest: 87.1972.2 SNG 6
4 4     Yale: 2001.87.8689
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 217
6 6     E. Sachelarie coll. = Gh. Poenaru Bordea and E. Nicolae, ‘Monede Greceşti şi coloniale di colecţia Emil Sachelarie’, BSNR 90–1, (1996–7), pp. 27–37, no. 2
7 7     Ritter FPL 28, Nov. 1989, lot 402
8 8     Roma EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 77 (Stancomb coll.)