RPC VII.2, 2873

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2873
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΠΡ = 180
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, ΕΤ ΠΡ
Edition Τραπεζουτίων ἔτ(ους) πρʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of year 180
Reverse design turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.45 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 48; Wojan, Trapézonte 137–9
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note On rev., the Z is retrograde and the Ω shaped like a retrograde S lying on its side.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 467 SNG 1966 = Wa 103 = Wojan 138.e = Rec 48, pl. XVI, 7
2 2     B: 18272767, Löbb. Wojan 137.a
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 66 = Wojan 138.b
4 4     Falghera 2107 = Gorny & Mosch 38, 30 Nov. 1987 = Wojan 138.a
5 5     Lanz 92, 1999, lot 1001 = Wojan 139.b
6 6     Lindgren I, 54 = Wojan 139.a
7 7     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 280 (Righetti coll.) = Auctiones 7 June 1977, lot 370 = Wojan 138.d
8 8     SNG Stancomb 1051 = Wojan 138.c = Roma Numismatics EA 73, 23 July 2020, lot 154
9 9     SNG vA 140