RPC VII.2, 56

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 56
Province Macedonia
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΜΑ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΡΓΩ, Β
Edition Μαγνήτων Ἀργώ βʹ
Translation of the Magnesians, Argo, 2
Reverse design galley (Argo) with five rowers, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.33 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rogers 379 corr.
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1933,0214.575 ex Rogers coll. = Rogers, p. 122, fig. 196
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 17 Blue, 1 Mar. 2019, lot 982
3 3     CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 442 (ex BCD coll.)
4 4     CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 443 (part of) (ex BCD coll.)
5 5     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 334