RPC VII.2, 73

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 73
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Laureate bust
Obverse inscription AYT C M ANTΩΝIOϹ GORDIANOS
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COLΩΝΕ(I)A CASSANDRIA
Reverse design nymph Nysa, standing facing, head right, raising chiton (?) with her right hand above her head, holding infant Bacchus and cornucopia in her left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 624
2 2     P: 625
3 3     ✸ Mu
4 4     Winterthur: G 6628 Müller 44, 16 Dec. 1983, lot 510
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1103 = ex F. Jarman coll.