Neocaesarea   Pontus   Gordianus III
Νεοκαισάρεια   Πόντος   Γορδιάνος Γ'

AE 31

SHH 3619

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15.33 g   29.9-31.9 mm   2.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - Draped and cuirassed bust of laureate Gordianus right; AV K M ANT ΓORDIANOC C clockwise around; border of dots Two tetrastyle temples, each surmounted by agonistic crown with palm; MHTPOΠONTO  NEOK[AICAPAC] clockwise around; ΔΙC ΝΕΟΚΩ // ET POH (year 178 = 241/242 AD) in exergue; border of dots, ? BMC Pontus ---; Copenhagen IV ---; Lindgren II & III ---; McClean ---; Sear Greek Imperial ---; von Aulock 106 (inscription variant); Waddington (RGAM) 50 Ex CNG 214E/296, 15.7.2009