RPC VII.2, 2827

 

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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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design altar, inscribed, holding two agonistic crowns containing each two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 12
Reference Rec —; Çizmeli 333
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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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.)