RPC VII.2, 2870

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2870
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΠΡ = 180
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΠΡ
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, pouring wine out of cantharus (?) and holding thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 51; Wojan, Trapézonte 134–6 corr.
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5, 8: same obv. die as 2863/2, 2864/1, 6–8, 11, 13, 2866/2. 11: same obv. die as 2861A/1, 2862A/1, 2863/3, 2864/2, 2867/2–3. 1: same rev. die as 2874/1.
Note On rev., the Z is retrograde and the Ω shaped like a retrograde S lying on its side. Rev. design described as Zeus holding thunderbolt and sceptre in Wojan.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1207 Wojan 134.c
2 2     P: 469 SNG 1967 = Wojan 136.a = Rec 51, pl. suppl. M, 4
3 3     P: 1410 SNG 1968 = Wojan 135.b
4 4     B: 18272768, Löbb. Wojan 134.a
5 5     Amasya: 83.1.35 Ireland 1399 = Wojan 135.a
6 6     Warsaw: 166950 Wojan 135.c
7 7     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 281 (Righetti coll.) = Schulten 11 Apr. 1988, lot 842
8 8     Müller 43, 9 Sept. 1983, lot 390
9 9     Private coll., Düsseldorf = Wojan 134.b
10 10     Savoca 20 Blue, 18 May 2019, lot 832
11 11     ✸ SGR coll.