RPC VII.2, 641

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 641
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Dionysios (in office for the second time) ; Pr— Alexandra
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ Β Κ ΠΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Διονυσίου βʹ καὶ Πρ— Ἀλεζάνδρας Βυζαντίων ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διονυσίου βʹ κ(αὶ) Πρ(—) Ἀλεζάνδρας Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Dionysios II and Pr— Alexandra, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Demeter advancing left, holding torch in each hand, one upwards and the other downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.28 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur: G 6573 Lanz 24, 25 Apr. 1983, lot 665
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG II, 251
3 3     M. Phillips coll.