RPC VII.2, 2795

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2795
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΟΒ = 272
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤω ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ϹΟΒ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σοβʹ
Translation of Amisus, free, of year 272
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding spear, hand on shield at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 195
2 2     NY: 1944.100.41370
3 3     V: GR 32125
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 29 = Münzzentrum 97, 6 Jan. 1999, lot 368