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 ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠƐΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ƐΤ ΡΟΘ
Reverse design horseman (Mithras) riding r.; at l., tree; at r., lighted altar; star in field
Metal Æ
Average diameter 30 mm
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ Falkensee coll. = NAC 92 Part 1, 23 May 2016, lot 645 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1853