RPC VII.2, 2866

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2866
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΟΘ = 179
Dating AD 242/3
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 ΡΟΘ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ροθʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, year 179
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 27.08 g
Reference Rec —; Wojan, Trapézonte —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2863/2, 2864/1, 6–8, 11, 13, 2870/3, 5, 8. 2: same rev. die as 2868/1, 4.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ Falkensee coll. = NAC 92 Part 1, 23 May 2016, lot 645 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1853