RPC VII.2, 696

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 696
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design city gate with three doors, flanked by two towers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.57 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 520–1
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/6672
Specimens 16 (2 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes, on the rev., radiate bust above the central door (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/391028 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/346808).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     V: GR 38330
3 3     Sofia: Avramov Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 520/1
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll. = VAuction 303, 31 Jan. 2014, lot 123
10 10     CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 161
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1726
12 12     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 1175
13 13     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1064
14 14     ✸ Lanz 125, 28 Nov. 2005, lot 951
15 15     Leu WA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1584
16 16     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 496