RPC VII.2, 1657

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1657
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Callatis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ, Ε
Edition Καλλατιανῶν εʹ Καλλατιανῶν εʹ
Translation of the Callatians, 5
Reverse design Gordian III (?) on horseback riding right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.63 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     C. Preda, ‘Monede coloniale rare şi inedite—Histria, Callatis şi Tomis—din tezaurul de la Mangalia’, SCN IV (1968), pp. 223–37, no. 14