RPC VII.2, 662

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 662
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 Gordian III and his army: on a bridge, Gordian III, in military dress, riding right on horseback, raising right arm, facing group of soldiers advancing right, some of them holding standards; below the bridge, below the bridge, in three arches, galleys advancing left with, on board, rowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.35 g
Axis 7
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 277, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 105