RPC VII.2, 636

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 636
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Dionysios (in office for the second time) ; Pr— Alexandra
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward and shield
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ΤΟ Β Κ Π ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ϹΕΒ[ΑϹΤΑ]
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρηλίου Διονυσίου τὸ βʹ καὶ Π— Ἀλεζάνδρας Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διονυσίου τὸ βʹ κ(αὶ) Π(—) Ἀλεζάνδρας Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά
Translation under Aurelius Dionysios for the second time and under P— Alexandra, the Sebastan (games) of the Byzantines
Reverse design Gordian III, togate and laureate, standing right, clasping hands with Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; between them, agonistic crown with two palm branches on table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.68 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion —
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 63, 7 Nov. 2019, lot 542