RPC VII.2, 1103

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1103
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Αὔγ(ουστος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor 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
Edition Οὐλπιανῶν Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Ulpian Anchialians
Reverse design Heracles standing right, holding Hippolyte by hair seated right, on horse fallen, right, and lifting club overhead with the other hand in order to hit her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 36.61 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG —; Tachev, Anchialos 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.151
2 2     CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 435 = NAC 29, 11 May 2005, lot 612 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 624, pl. 127, no. 7
3 3     Stack's, 10 June 1970, lot 206