RPC VII.2, 1116

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1116
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Οὐλπιανῶν Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Ulpian Anchialians
Reverse design city gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, gallery with two merlons surmounted by Poseidon standing right, brandishing trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.60 g
Axis 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 636–7; Tachev, Anchialos 66–70
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4778
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Note The city gate is represented either closed (AMNG 636) or open (AMNG 637).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18246350, Löbb. AMNG 637/1 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 638, pl. 134, no. 69
2 2     BBAW: 111 Tachev, Anchialos p. 638, pl. 134, no. 70
3 3     Milan: M.0.9.1956 R. Martini, 'Monete di Anchialus, Odessus e Pautalia nelle Civiche Raccolte di Milano', in Festschrift Schönert-Geiss, pp. 449–66, no. I.8
4 4     AMNG 636/1 = Jakunčikov coll., St Petersburg = cast in BBAW
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = Tachev, Anchialos p. 638, pl. 134, no. 68
7 7     CGT coll. = VAuctions 310, 25 Sept. 2014, lot 190 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 638, pl. 134, no. 67
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 104, 9 Oct. 2000, lot 591
9 9     ✸ Lanz 125, 28 Nov. 2005, lot 948 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 638, pl. 134, no. 66