RPC VII.2, 41

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 41
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design serpent coiled around tripod containing branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.43 g
Axis 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Oikonomidou 16–19; Calomino 481A–B
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Note Reverse legend variously arranged.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272722, Löbb. Oikonomidou 17α
2 2     B: 18272723, ohne Nummer Oikonomidou 17δ
3 3     C: Leake Oikonomidou 19
4 4     O: Christ Church Oikonomidou 18
5 5     V Oikonomidou 16
6 6     V: GR 11974 Oikonomidou 17γ
7 7     A Oikonomidou 17β
8 8     Beirut Oikonomidou, p. 171, no. 14 and pl. 65; Athens - Beirut hoard
9 9     Bern: N/82.417 SNG Righetti 417 = Calomino 481A.5
10 10     Bologna: 21145 Calomino 481A.6
11 11     Preveza: 421 Calomino 481B.5
12 12     Turin-RA: 20526 Calomino 481A.7
13 13     Turin-RA: 20684 Calomino 481B.6
14 14     Venice-MC: 3/11 Calomino 481B.7