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VII.2, 1431
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1431
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Volume
VII.2
Number
1431
Province
Moesia Inferior
Region
Moesia
City
Marcianopolis
Reign
Gordian III
Person (obv.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate
Prosius Tertullianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating
AD 241–4
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative
Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
ΥΠ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design
Gordian standing left, holding spear and parazonium; behind him, Nike standing left, placing wreath on Gordian's head, holding palm
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
35 mm
Axis
6
Reference
AMNG 1100; Calomino,
Die-sharing
G2a/M2
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links
1: same obv. die as 1433/1–3, 1677/1–2 (Tomis). 1: same rev. die as 1432/3.
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
Museum
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1
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Sofia
NAIM 1363 ?= AMNG 1100/1 (Plovdiv) = cast in BBAW
34.6
22.15
6
The coin in AMNG was published as being in Plovdiv, but it seems the same coin as the coin in Sofia—unless one or both are forgeries?
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