RPC VII.2, 667

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 667
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Orestes, Iphigenia, and Pylades: to left, Orestes, standing facing, head right, holding patera; in the middle, Iphigenia, standing left, holding statue of Artemis; to right, Pylades standing left; on side and below, three river gods, reclining, holding reeds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.40 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,1014.9
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Naumann 100, 7 March 2021, lot 1125