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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1863 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VII.2 |
Number | 1863 |
Province | Bithynia-Pontus |
Region | Bithynia |
City | Caesarea Germanica |
Reign | Gordian III |
Person (obv.) | Gordian III (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ |
Edition | Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) |
Translation | Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward and shield against shoulder (decorated with gorgoneion) |
Reverse inscription | ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗϹ |
Edition | Καισαρείας Γερμανικῆς |
Translation | of Caesarea Germanica |
Reverse design | Apollo standing left, holding patera and branch |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 9.49 g |
Axis | 2 |
Reference | Rec — |
Specimens | 2 (1 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–2: same obv. die as RPC VII.1 692.1/1–6 (Alia), RPC VII.1 693.1/1 (Alia), 1864/1, 1864A/1, 1865/1–2, 1874/1–2 (Cius), 1875/1–3 (Cius), 2043/1–3 (Prusias ad Hypium), 2044/1 (Prusias ad Hypium), 2045/1 (Prusias ad Hypium). |
Note | Object held in r. hand obscured by countermark on the NY specimen, but identifiable as a patera on the coin of the SPQR sale. |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |