RPC VII.2, 1825

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1825
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Istrus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ, Δ
Edition Ἰστριηνῶν δʹ
Translation of the Istrians, 4
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.29 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 849-2004
2 2     NY: 1957.52.383
3 3     Winterthur: G 7343 M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 158
4 4     C. Preda, ‘Monede coloniale rare şi inedite—Histria, Callatis şi Tomis—din tezaurul de la Mangalia’, SCN IV (1968), pp. 223–37, no. 1