RPC VII.2, 1734

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1734
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
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 front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ, Δ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 3418–19, 3421
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., according to AMNG 3421, sometimes no ligature on the obv. and the form ΤΟΜΕΩϹ on the rev.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.144
2 2     P: 1001
3 3     B: 18278237, 1902/1010 AMNG 3418/2
4 4     B: 18278239, 1906 Löbb. AMNG 3419/1
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15412
6 6     ✸ O: Pullan
7 7     BBAW: 81 Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 306
8 8     Bucharest: 7942/72/1921 Sutzu 675
9 9     Odessa AMNG 3421/3 = cast in BBAW
10 10     Agora 37, 28 July 2015, lot 102
11 11     AMNG 3418 = cast in BBAW (Knechtel)
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 298 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 192, 16 Sept. 2020, lot 253
15 15     Naville Numismatics 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 161
16 16     Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 226