RPC VII.2, 3458

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3458
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, left, with drapery on right shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 5, 11, 12
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.1006
2 2     L: 1843,0712.80 BMC 11
3 3     P: AA.GR.2914
4 4     B: 18275003, Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.83580
6 6     NY: 1938.104.141 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 122
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     Elsen 99, 28 Mar. 2009, lot 1599
9 9     ✸ M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2287
10 10     Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 606