RPC VII.2, 2872

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2872
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
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 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟ[ΥΝΤΙ]ΩΝ ΕΤ ΠΡ
Edition Τραπεζουτίων ἔτ(ους) πρʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 180
Reverse design horseman (Mithras) riding right; at left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.53 g
Reference Rec —; Wojan, Trapézonte 133
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 22, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 567