RPC VII.2, 2861

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2861
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΟƐ = 175
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) 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 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΟΕ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ροεʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 175
Reverse design horseman (Mithras) riding right; at left, tree; at right, lighted altar; star in field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.67 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 45; Wojan, Trapézonte 125–7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1408 SNG 1965 = Wojan 126.a
2 2     B: 18272763, Löbb. Wojan 125.a = Rec 45
3 3     Boston: 1986.978 Wojan 127.a