RPC VII.2, 1856

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1856
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Calchedon
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΧΑΔΟΝΙΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; lion on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 112
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Rec 112, pl. XLVIII, 23
2 2     Cop SNG 367
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.