RPC VII.2, 3459

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3459
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 243–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ(Κ) Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἄντωνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἄντ(ωνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Edition Σεβαστὴ Κολωνία Νεσιβίων μητρόπολις Σεβ(αστὴ) Κολω(νία) Νεσιβί(ων) μητ(ρόπολις)
Translation Augustan colony of the Nisibians, metropolis
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1901,0706.34 BMC 12
2 2     P: 2145
3 3     P: AA.GR.5184
4 4     B: 18274999, Rauch
5 5     NY: 1944.100.85821
6 6     NY: 1938.104.138 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 119
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Elsen 99, 28 Mar. 2009, lot 1600
9 9     R. McAlee coll.