RPC VII.2, 2789

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2789
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXI = 311
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C R I F S AN CCCXI
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 158 corr.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Given to year 312 by Rec 158. According to Rec, the date on the Milan coin is off flan. Rec cites also a specimen from the Grand Duc coll. (not ill.). However, the new coins from the Sinope hoard, probably of the same dies as the P specimen, clearly allow to read the date CCCXI and therefore Rec 158 should be given to year 311.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 818 SNG 656 = Rec 158, pl. XXVIII, 21
2 2     Milan: Brera 7349
3 3     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 64
4 4     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 65
5 5     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 66
6 6     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 68