RPC VII.2, 1759

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1759
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ(Ν)(ΙΟϹ) 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 Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 3391–99
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes, no ligature on the obv. and, according to AMNG, ΤΟΜΕΩⳞ on the rev.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1009
2 2     P: L 2077 AMNG 3394/2
3 3     B: 18278193, 1912/1083
4 4     B: 18278189, 1892/866 AMNG 3398/1
5 5     C: Leake
6 6     NY: 1944.100.15411
7 7     O: Pullan
8 8     ✸ V: GR 8327
9 9     Bucharest: 7229/78/2277 Sutzu 663
10 10     Frankfurt AMNG 3397/1 = cast in BBAW
11 11     Odessa AMNG 3398/4 = cast in BBAW
12 12     Sofia AMNG 3394/2
13 13     AMNG 3393/1 (Knechtel)
14 14     AMNG 3398/3 = cast in BBAW (Hermannstift)
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.