RPC VII.2, 1742

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1742
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ι) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ, Δ
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 3405–6
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note According to AMNG, on the obv., sometimes with ligature ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, and ΤΟΜΕΩϹ on the rev.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest: 8424/76/2214 Sutzu 666
2 2     Bucharest: 10938/67/1604 Sutzu 667
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     ✸ Fischer 171, 22 Nov. 2019, lot 85 = Fischer 170, 30 Aug. 2019, lot 58 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 297 = Hirsch 192, 27 Nov. 1996, lot 630 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 85, 27 Mar. 1996, lot 250 = Grün 15, 28 Nov. 1995, lot 896 = Hirsch 185, 15 Feb. 1995, lot 1225