RPC VII.2, 2781

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2781
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCVIII = 308
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C R I F S AN CCCVIII
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 155
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 817 SNG 655 = Rec 155, pl. XXVIII, 20
2 2     ✸ Elsen 54, 1998, lot 621 = Münzzentrum 97, 1999, lot 369 = Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 873
3 3     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 54
4 4     Nomos Obolos EA 23, 12 June 2022, lot 594