RPC VII.1, 804.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 804.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Kaikinas II (archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Β
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς βʹ Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς βʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian, 2
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ ΕΠΙ Χ ΚΑΙΚΙΝΟΥ Β ϹΒ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολιτῶν ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Καικίνου βʹ Σεβαστῶν Ἁδριανοπολ(ιτῶν) ἐπὶ (ἄρ)χ(οντος) Καικίνου βʹ Σ(ε)β(αστῶν)
Translation of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans, under archon Kaikinas II
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.08 g
Axis 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 802/1, 803/1, 805/1–5, 8. 1–2: same rev. die as 804.2/3–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2020 = Plankenhorn coll. = Aufhäuser 12, 1996, lot 655
2 2     P: 1208 Wa 6083
5 5     Pecunem 33, 5 July 2015, lot 362