RPC VII.2, 2818


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/2818 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VII.2
Number	2818
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 Ϲ
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΝƐΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ƐΤ ΡΟΗ
Reverse design	altar decorated with garland holding agonistic crown containing two palms
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	29 mm
Axis	1, 7, 12
Reference	Rec 53a; Çizmeli 326
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 1298	SNG 1750 = Çizmeli pl. XXV, 326	29.4	17.41	1	Show
2	2	Amasya: 86.3.28	Ireland 1353	30	14.37	12	Show
3	3	Istanbul: 770/25-1975	Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua p. 105, no. 25	28.3	17.12	7	Show
4	4		Malloy 12, 1978, lot 588				Show