RPC VII.2, 1676

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1676
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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
Reverse design Gordian III, laureate, riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing enemy on ground, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 3366; Calomino, Die-sharing T1
Specimens 23 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–17, 20–3: same pair of dies. 1–17, 20–3: same obv. die as 1430/1–4 (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, 7–29 (Odessus), 1497/1–19 (Odessus), 1673/1–2, 1675/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1974,0102.5
2 2     P: 1017 AMNG 3366/6
3 3     ✸ B: 18278165, I-B AMNG 3366/1, pl. VII.18
4 4     NY: 1970.142.14
5 5     Gotha AMNG 3366/5 = cast in BBAW
6 6     AMNG 3366/2 = ex B = cast in BBAW = Hirsch 26, 23 May 1910, lot 122
7 7     AMNG 3366/4 = Egger 46, 11 May 1914, lot 147 (Prowe III)
8 8     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 211, 30 June 2020, lot 435 = Naumann Auction 86, 2 Febr 2020, lot 288
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 726
12 12     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 256
13 13     CNG EA 405, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 284 = Schulmann NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1556, as Metropolis in Ionia
14 14     Egger 46, 11 May 1914, lot 147 (Prowe III) = cast in BBAW
15 15     Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2766 = Hirsch 336, 7 Feb. 2018, lot 2594 = Hirsch 328, 10 May 2017, lot 634 = Hirsch 323, 22 Sept. 2016, lot 2546 = Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2334 = Hirsch 309, 7 May 2015, lot 629 = Hirsch 300, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 164 = Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2951 = Hirsch 287, 7 Feb. 2013, lot 2415 = Hirsch 281, 2 May 2012, lot 1006 = Hirsch 271, 17 Feb. 2011, lot 2519 = Hirsch 267, 5 May 2010, lot 731 = Hirsch 264, 25 Nov. 2009, lot 679 = Hirsch 261, 7 May 2009, lot 794 = Lanz 144, 24 Nov. 2008, lot 619
16 16     Lanz 106, 27 Nov. 2001, lot 626
17 17     Münzen & Medaillen, 19 June 1964, lot 447
18 18     Naumann 79, 7 July 2019, lot 272
19 19     Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 143
20 20     Roma Numismatics EA 17, 25 Apr. 2015, lot 460 = Roma Numismatics EA 10, 26 July 2014, lot 519 = Agora 64, 24 Jan. 2017, lot 87
21 21     CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 268 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 831
22 22     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 696
23 23     Solidus Auction 49, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 18 =Solidus Premium 37, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 58 = Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 230