RPC VII.2, 644

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 644
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 Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ Τ(Ο) Β Κ (Π) ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two tunnies; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/5241
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cast in BBAW
2 2     ✸ NAC 51, 5 Mar. 2009, lot 1082
3 3     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 327