RPC VII.2, 2815

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2815
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΟΗ = 178
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Edition Κοιν(ὸν) Πόντ(ου) μη(τρόπολις) Νεοκαι(σάρια) ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, metropolis Neocaesarea, of year 178
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.36 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rec 53b; Çizmeli 312
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1301 SNG 1747
2 2     ✸ B: 18272759, 1920/711
3 3     Bern: N/82.575 SNG Righetti 575
4 4     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions E-43, 9 July 2017, lot 311
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG 29, 30 Mar. 1994, lot 1207
7 7     Grün 71, 16 May 2017, lot 1577 = Grün 63, 15 May 2014, lot 64 = Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 154
8 8     Hecht, British Museum card index
9 9     Kovacs coll. = Çizmeli pl. XXIV, 312
10 10     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1031 = Schulman Apr. 1972, lot 583
11 11     B. Michaux coll.