RPC VII.2, 51

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 51
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Light standard
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΝ]Τ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ, Δ
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12
Reference Flament & Marchetti, p. 42, D.a/R2, R5
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same pair of dies. 2–3, 7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 47/1–3, 48/1. 1, 4–5: same rev. die as 50/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272741, I-B
2 2     Mu
3 3     V: GR 14300
4 4     A: 1892-93 Λ! 327
5 5     A: 1892-93 Λ! 328
6 6     Argos excavations, EFA 6440
7 7     Argos excavations, EFA 8767