RPC VII.2, 49

 

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 49
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Heavy standard
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝ[ ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιαν--- Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιαν[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian[---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙ[Ω]Ν
Edition Ἀργείων Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.10 g
Axis 1, 6, 8
Reference Flament & Marchetti, p. 43, D.d/R.7
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Argos excavations, EFA 4471
2 2     Argos excavations, EFA 4496
3 3     Argos excavations, EFA 8523