RPC VII.2, 659

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 659
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 Demeter standing in biga drawn by two winged serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.51 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 442
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/6533
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18249200, I-B
2 2     ✸ V: GR 8656
3 3     Sofia: 2666 cast in BBAW = Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 442/1
4 4     CNG EA 335, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 309
5 5     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 372 = Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2027
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1822
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 859
8 8     Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 869
9 9     Lanz 141, 26 May 2008, lot 664
10 10     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 220 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 5, 7 July 2013, lot 179
11 11     B. Michaux coll. = Aquila Numismatics 2, 7 May 2022, lot 639