RPC VII.2, 3457

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3457
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 243–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) 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 ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗ
Edition Σεπ(τίμινα) κολο(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μη(τρόπολις)
Translation Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.57 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leeds-UL: 405 Glendining, 8 Apr. 1992, lot 124