RPC VII.2, 2840

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2840
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 ϹΕ(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 ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ(Α), ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Edition Κοι(νὸν) Πόντ(ου) μη(τρόπολις) Νεοκαισάρια ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, metropolis Neocaesarea, year 178
Reverse design prize table holding wreath with A at its top; beneath table, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 57b; Çizmeli 305, 347, 356
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1296 SNG 1756 = Çizmeli pl. XXVIII, 356
2 2     Amasya: 79.7.5 Ireland 1358
3 3     Istanbul: 490-2016 Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua p. 105, no. 27
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1053
5 5     Elsen 118, 14 Sept. 2013, lot 377
6 6     Kovacs coll. = Çizmeli pl. XXVII, 347
7 7     Lindgren III, 141 = Çizmeli pl. XXIII, 305
8 8     Münzzentrum 63, 1988, lot 1250
9 9     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 263