RPC VII.2, 2812

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2812
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 ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ(ΙΑ), ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Edition Κοι(νὸν) Πόντ(ου) μη(τρόπολις) Νεοκαισάρια ἔτ(ους) ροηʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, metropolis Neocaesarea, year 178
Reverse design base holding agonistic crown containing palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.56 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 51b; Çizmeli 290, 291 corr.
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., MH is sometimes not ligated.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1302 SNG 1753
2 2     P: 1303 SNG 1754 = Çizmeli pl. XXII, 291 corr.
3 3     Ankara: 104-20/12-88 Arslan, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 1990 (1992), p. 84, no. 19 = Arslan, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1997, no. 133 = Çizmeli pl. XXII, 290
4 4     ✸ Agora 70, 21 Nov. 2017, lot 131
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     Hirsch 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2821
7 7     Münzzentrum 66, 1989, lot 338
8 8     NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1192