RPC VII.2, 740

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 740
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design serpent coiled right, with four coils
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.59 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 532, 582, 620, 631, 634
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/6675
Specimens 41 (10 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΥΓ or ΑΥ without ligature; on the rev., sometimes no ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.23227
2 2     P: 688 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 532/5
3 3     B: 18249333, Fox Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 582/6
4 4     B: 18249339, Fox Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 634/3
5 5     Cop SNG 589
6 6     G SNG 918
7 7     Mu Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 582/9
8 8     NY: 1944.100.15704 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 582/5
9 9     V: GR 8659 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 582/8
10 10     V: GR 8660 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 634/4
11 11     Bucharest-IA: 1261/3669 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 631/1
12 12     Sofia: 7260 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 532/1
13 13     Sofia: 4194 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 582/1
14 14     Sofia: 9786 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 620/1
15 15     Sofia: 16500 Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 634/1
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     C. Rhodes coll.
20 20     Cast in BBAW = ex Balacescu coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 150
26 26     CNG EA 183, 5 Mar. 2008, lot 111
27 27     CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 473
28 28     Falkensee coll.
29 29     Falkensee coll.
30 30     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2404
31 31     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 573 = Athena 1, 8 Oct. 1987, lot 273 = Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 966 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2433
32 32     Künker 77, 30 Sept. 2002, lot 569
33 33     Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 327
34 34     Naville Numismatics 14, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 161
35 35     Private coll.
36 36     Rauch 75, 6 May 2005, lot 168
37 37     Roma Numismatics EA 16, 28 Feb. 2015, lot 333
38 38     Roma Numismatics EA 32, 7 Jan. 2017, lot 621
39 39     Savoca Blue 1, 23 Sept. 2017, lot 724
40 40     SNG Evelpidis 957
41 41     Boston: 63.1085