RPC VII.2, 3482

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3482
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Singara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 243–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΡ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ϹΙΝΓΑΡΑ, ΛΕΓ (on vexillum)
Reverse design centaur right, drawing arrow and holding bow; in the background, left, inscribed vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.354
2 2     P: B 845
3 3     P: M 5542
4 4     IMJ: 4857
5 5     Leeds-UL: 109 Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 607
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 414
9 9     CNG EA 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 381
10 10     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 497
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 598
12 12     M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2297
13 13     Markov 9, 14 Dec. 2000, lot 115