RPC VII.2, 652

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 652
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, holding plectrum in right arm raised over his head, and lyre standing on tree stump entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.62 g
Axis 7
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 459
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Plovdiv Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 459/1
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1680 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1718
5 5     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 456