RPC VII.2, 1736

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1736
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 Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting on tympanum; at feet, on each side of the throne, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 3451–2
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, complete ligature ΑΥΓ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1876,0709.17 BMC 53 = AMNG 3451/4
2 2     G SNG 1023 = AMNG 3451/2
3 3     O
4 4     Odessa AMNG 3451/5 = cast in BBAW
5 5     Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 208