RPC VII.2, 1872

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1872
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Κιανῶν
Translation of the Cians
Reverse design Heracles standing right, right arm behind his back, holding lion skin and club sitting on bucranium and rock; at left, quiver with arrows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.92 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1291 SNG vA 512
2 2     Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 347