RPC VII.2, 2841

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2841
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of seated deity (Mên Pharnakou?) holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 50; Çizmeli 316–17
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2859/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1294 SNG 1746 = Çizmeli pl. XXIV, 316 = Price & Trell p. 97, fig. 175
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll. = NBS EA 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 341
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2130
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 382 = Gorny & Mosch EA 299, 7 Nov. 2023, lot 3461
6 6     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1029 = Schulman Apr. 1972, lot 587 = CNG 22, 1992, lot 566 = Çizmeli pl. XXIV, 317