RPC VII.2, 1100

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1100
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Augustus Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward and shield (decorated with eagle)
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing left, lion skin over his head, placing knee on back of the Ceryneian hind, both hands holding it by antlers; at his left foot, club lying right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference AMNG 622; Tachev, Anchialos 11–19
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4753
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 215 AMNG 622/1 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 626, pl. 128, no. 15
2 2     P: 216 AMNG 622/2 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 628, pl. 129, no. 19
3 3     Varna: 13179 Tachev, Anchialos p. 624, pl. 127, no. 12
4 4     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 733 = Tachev, Anchialos pl. 128, no. 16
5 5     Egger, 7 Jan. 1908, lot 257, pl. IX = AMNG 622/3 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 626, pl. 128, no. 18 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Gemini III, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 433 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 626, pl. 128, no. 14
7 7     Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 925 = Lanz 147, 2 Nov. 2009, lot 441 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 626, pl. 128, no. 11
8 8     Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 785 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 626, pl. 128, no. 13
9 9     Lanz 30, 26 Nov. 1984, lot 731
10 10     Lügker coll. = cast in BBAW = Tachev, Anchialos p. 626, pl. 128, no. 17