RPC VII.2, 1658

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1658
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 Heracles standing right, strangling Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7, 8
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur: G 7255 M&M AG FPL 208, Dec. 2002, lot 138 = Gorny & Mosch 113, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 5368
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Preda, ‘Monede coloniale rare şi inedite—Histria, Callatis şi Tomis—din tezaurul de la Mangalia’, SCN IV (1968), pp. 223–37, no. 8 = M.C. Sutzu, BSNR 4 (1907), no. 16
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C.G. coll.
6 6     Cast in BBAW
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 118, 15 Oct. 2002, lot 1594
8 8     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 1173
9 9     Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 245