RPC VII.2, 1787

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1787
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ 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 Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 3478, 3480
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ΑΥΓ with ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop AMNG 3478/1 = SNG 301
2 2     ✸ O: Walker Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 559 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 832 = Hirsch 147, 25 Sept. 1985, lot 565
3 3     Cast in BBAW (Knechtel)
4 4     Roma Numismatics XIX, 26 Mar. 2020, lot 62 = SNG Stancomb 899