RPC VII.2, 698

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 698
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter seated left, holding ears of corn and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 7, 8
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 500–1, 610
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/6638
Specimens 14 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΥΓ; on the rev., sometimes, no ligature and letter form Ɛ

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18249249, 1904/32 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 610/4
2 2     Blagoevgrad: 1.5.11/12784 CCCHBulg IV 322
3 3     N: 1771
4 4     Sofia: 7278 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 501/1
5 5     Sofia: 9915 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 610/1
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Falkensee coll.
11 11     Falkensee coll. = Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 592
12 12     Henzen FPL 126, Feb. 2008, lot 530
13 13     iNumis MBS 6, 7 Nov. 2008, lot 400
14 14     M&M GmbH 48, 24 May 2019, lot 1273