RPC VII.2, 1654

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1654
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Callatis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ, Ε
Edition Καλλατιανῶν εʹ
Translation of the Callatians, 5
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.48 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 339
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18264302, Löbb. AMNG 339/1, pl. XIV.10, rev.
2 2     ✸ NY: 1957.52.238
3 3     Budapest: 87.1972.2 SNG 6
4 4     Yale: 2001.87.8689
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 217
6 6     E. Sachelarie coll. = Gh. Poenaru Bordea and E. Nicolae, ‘Monede Greceşti şi coloniale di colecţia Emil Sachelarie’, BSNR 90–1, (1996–7), pp. 27–37, no. 2
7 7     Ritter FPL 28, Nov. 1989, lot 402
8 8     Roma EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 77 (Stancomb coll.)