RPC VII.2, 2850

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2850
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 ϹΕΒ
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 ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, 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 wreath with A at its top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.73 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 57; Çizmeli 348
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,1226.333 BMC 15 = Rec 57, pl. XIII, 24, rev. = Çizmeli pl. XXVII, 348
2 2     Mu
3 3     Bern: N/82.577 SNG Righetti 577
4 4     Istanbul: 896/396-1972 Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua p. 105, no. 23
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 48
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Zeus Budget 12, 28 Aug. 2020, lot 318
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG EA 450, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 290
10 10     Falghera 2106
11 11     Hirsch 156, 1987, lot 926
12 12     Müller 64, 1990, lot 139
13 13     Rauch E-14, 14 Dec. 2013, lot 409
14 14     Schulten Oct. 1989, lot 569
15 15     C. Rhodes