RPC VII.2, 2055

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2055
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Iuliopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design three standards; central one topped by eagle flanked by two standards topped by wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Reference Rec 56
Specimens 23 (8 in the core collections)
Note The eagle's head is alternately turned l. or r., and the rev. legend is sometimes spelled ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΙΛƐΙΤΩΝ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2001.618
2 2     P: 763A
3 3     ✸ P: 763 Rec 56, pl. LXIV, 23
4 4     B: 18233362
5 5     B: 18233364, I-B
6 6     Cop SNG 463
7 7     NY: 1944.100.42150
8 8     V: GR 15544
9 9     Tübingen SNG 2106
10 10     Yale: 2004.6.2263
11 11     A. Perrier coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 292 (Righetti coll.)
17 17     Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 188
18 18     Savoca 111 Blue, 28 Aug. 2021, lot 974
19 19     Savoca 112 Blue, 11 Sept. 2021, lot 1118
20 20     Savoca 89 Blue, 7 Nov. 2020, lot 986
21 21     SNG vA 6975 = Kraft pl. 102, 37
22 22     T. Mullally coll.
23 23     V-ON SNG Leypold 125