RPC VII.2, 560

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 560
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Sestus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Edition Σηστίων
Translation of the Sestians
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding raven and long branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.60 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1922
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll. = Savoca 8 Blue, 14 July 2018, lot 655
8 8     Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 322
9 9     ✸ Naumann 69, 2 Sept. 2018, lot 218
10 10     Savoca 14 Blue, 28 Dec. 2018, lot 604
11 11     Savoca 8 Blue, 14 July 2018, lot 656
12 12     Savoca London 4 Blue, 13 July 2019, lot 462