RPC VII.2, 1456

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1456
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Without governor name, Gordian III
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Ares standing left, holding shield leaning on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.30 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1104
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276620, I-B AMNG 1104/1
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15314
3 3     Plovdiv cast in BBAW
4 4     Sofia cast in BBAW
5 5     Sofia: 4096 NAIM 1365
6 6     Cast in BBAW
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 275 = Roma Numismatics EA 10, 26 July 2014, lot 520
9 9     Pfeiffer 643
10 10     Pfeiffer 643, 20 = Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1266