RPC VII.2, 3461

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3461
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 rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Edition 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 28 mm
Average weight 11.15 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2146
2 2     B: 18275001, I-B
3 3     Cop SNG 237
4 4     Mu
5 5     NY: 1938.104.139 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 120
6 6     O
7 7     Winterthur: G 5309 GrMW III, 1205
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 196, 1 Oct. 2008, lot 189
10 10     B. Michaux coll. = Nummitra 43, 30 Nov. 2024, lot 165