RPC VII.2, 2817

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2817
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Reverse design altar decorated with garland holding agonistic crown containing two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 53a; Çizmeli 309, 313
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 31220
2 2     Bern: N/82.574 SNG Righetti 574
3 3     Tokat: 87.17.1.30096 Çizmeli pl. XXIV, 313
4 4     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 747
5 5     Kovacs coll. = Çizmeli pl. XXIV, 309