RPC VII.2, 2837

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2837
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(Ε)(Β)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝ(Τ) ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ(Ϲ), ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Edition Κοι(νὸν) Πόντ(ου) μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρίας ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, of metropolis Neocaesarea, of year 178
Reverse design prize table holding agonistic crown with two palms; beneath, amphora; on either side, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.46 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 52; Çizmeli 327–32, 342–3
Specimens 36 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 5: same rev. die as 2836/3.
Note The ligature on the rev. is sometimes ΜΗ ΝƐΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1297 SNG 1761
2 2     P: 420 Wa 77 = SNG 1760
3 3     B: 18272751, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18272750, 1882/80 Çizmeli pl. XXV, 329
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41417 Çizmeli pl. XXVII, 343
6 6     O: Baldwin
7 7     Amasya: 76.13.5 Ireland 1347
8 8     Amasya: 92.12.142 Ireland 1348
9 9     Ankara: 4-84/15-93 Arslan, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1997, no. 136
10 10     Bern: 1283
11 11     Boston: 63.1204
12 12     Dresden: MKD 3200
13 13     Istanbul: 946/2-1974 Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua p. 105, no. 24
14 14     Tokat: 87.59.7.30159 Amandry, Tokat p. 122, no. 2.1.1
15 15     V-ON SNG Leypold 50
16 16     V-ON SNG Leypold 52
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG 31, 9 Sept. 1994, lot 1242
21 21     CNG 31, 9 Sept. 1994, lot 1243
22 22     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 121
23 23     CNG EA 152, 15 Nov. 2006, lot 169
24 24     Falghera 2105
25 25     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2078
26 26     Hirsch 175, 1992, lot 1267 = Çizmeli pl. XXVI, 342
27 27     Kovacs coll.
28 28     Kovacs coll.
29 29     Kovacs coll.
30 30     Müller 46, 1984, lot 455 = Çizmeli pl. XXVI, 332
31 31     Münzzentrum 54, 1985, lot 171
32 32     Private coll.
33 33     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 839 = Schulten Apr. 1989, lot 571 = Kölner Münzkabinett E-3, 25 June 2017, lot 230 = Çizmeli pl. XXV, 328
34 34     SNG vA 110
35 35     SNG vA 6762 = Çizmeli pl. XXVI, 331
36 36     VAuctions 312, 28 Oct. 2014, lot 300