RPC VII.2, 1463

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1463
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.49 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1111
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, without ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Budapest SNG 260
2 2     Sofia: 2499 NAIM 1370
3 3     Warsaw: 219049
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     Pfeiffer 647
7 7     Pfeiffer 647, 1
8 8     ✸ Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 386