RPC VII.2, 2838

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2838
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΟΗ = 178
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Edition Κοινὸν Πόντου μητροπόλεως Νεοκαισαρίας ἔτους ροηʹ Κοι(νὸν) Πόντ(ου) μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρίας ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ
Translation metropolis of the Koinon of Pontus, Neocaesarea, of year 178
Reverse design prize table holding two agonistic crowns with a palm each
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 55; Çizmeli 334
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272748, I-B
2 2     ✸ O: Milne
3 3     Amasya: 91.1.3 Ireland 1356
4 4     Ankara: Et. 2 Arslan, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1997, no. 140
5 5     Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 376