RPC VII.2, 1465

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1465
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 Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.03 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1113
Specimens 20 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the obv. and on the rev., sometimes, no ligatures. Several coins from the same rev. die seem to show some sort of shield at Homonoia’s feet, but it is probably a break in the die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276754, 1915/100
2 2     C: 353-2005
3 3     G SNG 1005
4 4     Sofia: 8516 NAIM 1371
5 5     Sofia: 4380 NAIM 1372
6 6     Sofia: 3055 NAIM 1373
7 7     Agora Auctions 19, 28 Oct. 2014, lot 55 = Agora Auctions 6, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 129
8 8     Berk 87, 13 Sept. 1995, lot 644
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     Cast in BBAW
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNA 10, 21 Mar. 1990, lot 339
15 15     Grün 54, 16 Nov. 2010, lot 130 = Grün 52, 13 Nov. 2009, lot 159
16 16     Hirsch 152, 26 Nov. 1986, lot 704
17 17     Lanz 50, 27 Nov. 1989, lot 754
18 18     Münzzentrum Rheinland 108, 5 Sept. 2001, lot 215
19 19     Pfeiffer 648
20 20     Pfeiffer 649