RPC VII.2, 2851

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2851
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΟΗ = 178
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) 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 ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ, ΑΚΤΙΑ
Edition κοι(νὸν) Πόντ(ου) μητ(ροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ Ἄκτια
Translation koinon of Pontus, of metropolis Neocaesarea, year 178, Actian (games)
Reverse design wreath with A at its top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.68 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Rec 57a; Çizmeli 335
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1929,1013.501 Çizmeli pl. XXVI, 335
2 2     Giessener Münzhandlung 64, 1993, lot 692
3 3     Müller 44, 16 Dec. 1983, lot 518
4 4     Münzzentrum 73, 11 Oct. 1992, lot 53
5 5     ✸ Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 266
6 6     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 227 = Naville Numismatics 14, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 211
7 7     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 840 = Schulten Apr. 1989, lot 572