RPC VII.2, 2863

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2863
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 front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΟΕ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ροεʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 175
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre; star in field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.26 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec —; Wojan, Trapézonte 99–100
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2864/1, 6–8, 11, 13, 2866/2, 2870/3, 5, 8. 3: same obv. die as 2861A/1, 2862A/1, 2864/2, 2867/2–3, 2870/11.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1971,1013.5 Wojan 99.a
2 2     NY: 1944.100.41449 Wojan 100.a
3 3     ✸ SGR coll.