RPC VII.2, 2826

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2826
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 ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ, ΑΚΤΙΑ
Reverse design altar, inscribed, holding agonistic crown containing two palms standing between two purses
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec —; Çizmeli 351
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ankara: 103-1-95 Arslan, Arkeoloji Dergesi 1997, no. 137
2 2     Bern: N/82.573 SNG Righetti 573 = Çizmeli pl. XXVII, 351
3 3     ✸ Agora 70, 21 Nov. 2017, lot 130
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett E-3, 25 June 2017, lot 231 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 312
6 6     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 198