238 AD - 244 AD

Neocaesarea   Pontus   Gordianus III
Νεοκαισάρεια   Πόντος   Γορδιάνος Γ'
 AE 29
 SHH 6755

6755 Cabeira-Neocaesarea Pontus Gordianus III AE

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Reference
 16.87 g   27.9-29.4 mm   3.0 eqmm   7:00 o'clock   VF   + / +
Draped and cuirassed bust of laureate Gordian right;
AV K M ANT ΓORDIANOC CEB clockwise around; border of dots
Two agonistic urns with palm branches on a broad band;
KOI PONT / MH NE / OKAICAP clockwise around;
ETPOH (year 178 = 241/242 AD) in exergue; border of dots,
Centerig marks on obverse and reverse, unusual for type.
Toolig (?) marks on obverse and reverse.
Part double strike on reverse.
 BMC Pontus ---; Çizmeli 46; Copenhagen IV ---; Lindgren II & III ---; McClean ---;
Stancomb ---; von Aulock 107 (same dies); Waddington (RGAM) 56