RPC VII.2, 638

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 638
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Dionysios (in office for the second time) ; Pr— Alexandra
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, raising left hand
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ΤΟ Β Κ Π ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διονυσίου τὸ βʹ κ(αὶ) Π(—) Ἀλεζάνδρας Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aurelius Dionysios for the second time and P— Alexandra, of the Byzantines
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective, surmounted by agonistic crown with two palm branches between two purses; below, vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.82 g
Axis 1
Reference Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1802–3
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 639/1–8, 640/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 484 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1803/1
2 2     C: 3305-2007, Mossop
3 3     ✸ Mu Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1802