RPC VII.2, 2819

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2819
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ), ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Edition Κοι(νὸν) Πόντ(ου) μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, of metropolis Neocaesarea, of year 178
Reverse design altar decorated with palm holding agonistic crown containing palm(s)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.07 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 53; Çizmeli 293–4, 310
Specimens 18 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same rev. die as 2820/1, 2852/1, 3–4, 9–10, 13. 9: same rev. die as 2852/7–8.
Note The crown contains either one or two palms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1193 SNG vA 6764 = Çizmeli pl. XXII, 293
2 2     B: 18272757, Löbb. Çizmeli pl. XXIII, 294
3 3     Amasya: 86.3.16 Ireland 1352
4 4     Ankara: 121-25/8-76 Arslan, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1997, no. 134 = Çizmeli pl. XXIV, 310
5 5     Boston: 64.1303 SNG vA 109
6 6     Tokat: 86.38.17.28548 Amandry, Tokat p. 126, no. 8.1.16 = Rémy, Pontica I (1991), p. 45, no. 16
7 7     Warsaw: 167595
8 8     B. Michaux coll.
9 9     Cast in Winterthur = Königsberg
10 10     CNG 33, 1995, lot 1226
11 11     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 120
12 12     CNG EA 201, 17 Dec. 2008, lot 229
13 13     Falghera 2103
14 14     Falkensee coll.
15 15     Falkensee coll. = Hirsch 253, 27 Sept. 2007, lot 2653
16 16     Falkensee coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 309 (part)
17 17     Schulten Apr. 1989, lot 841 = Schulten Oct. 1989, lot 573
18 18     SKAB 8, 1987, lot 1277