RPC VII.2, 704

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 704
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Gordianus Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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 Ganymede standing facing, head right, holding pedum over shoulder; to right, eagle standing facing on tree stump
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.96 g
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 396