RPC VII.2, 2827

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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 ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Β ΝΕ, ΕΤ 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 Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1189 SNG vA 6761 = Çizmeli pl. XXVI, 333
2 2     P: 1972.923 SNG 1752
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
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.)