RPC VII.2, 1675

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1675
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, raising right hand, in left hand holding globe
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, of Tomis
Reverse design Gordian III standing left, holding patera over altar and spear; behind him, Nike standing left, placing wreath on Gordian's head, holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.97 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 3367; Calomino, Die-sharing T2
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1430/1–5 (Marcianopolis), 1432/1–3 (Marcianopolis), 1434/1–14 (Marcianopolis), 1492/1–17 (Odessus), 1493/1–8 (Odessus), 1494/1–10 (Odessus), 1495/1–13 (Odessus), 1496/1–5, 7–30 (Odessus), 1497/1–19 (Odessus), 1673/1–2, 1676/1–17, 20–4.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278168, I-B AMNG 3367/1
2 2     ✸ Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), 12 Jan. 2017, lot 5216 = Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 725