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VII.2, 2827
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/2827
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Volume
VII.2
Number
2827
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
Edition
Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
ΜΗ Ν
Ε
ΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Β Ν
Ε
,
Ε
Τ ΡΟΗ, ΑΚΤΙΑ
Edition
μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρίας βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ Ἄκτια
Translation
of metropolis Neocaesarea, twice neocorate, year 178, Actian (games)
Reverse design
altar, inscribed, holding two agonistic crowns containing each two palms
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
29 mm
Average weight
15.85 g
Axis
5, 12
Reference
Rec —; Çizmeli 333
Specimens
4 (2 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
L: 1979,0101.1189
SNG vA 6761 = Çizmeli pl. XXVI, 333
28.5
15.21
12
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2
2
P: 1972.923
SNG 1752
30
15.67
12
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3
3
B. Michaux coll.
29
15.97
5
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4
4
Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 618 =
RIN
68 (1966), p. 41, no. 14 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 666 (C. Fontana coll.)
29
16.54
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