RPC VII.1, 660.2

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 660.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΙϹ = 217
Dating AD 240/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΖΙϹ
Reverse design Heracles standing right, right arm on club that sits on small herm, resting left arm on hip, lion skin on left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 12–14, 16: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
12 12     ✸ V: GR 33661
13 13     C: Leake
14 14     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 882 = Weiser, Kibyra Fund, no. 7
15 15     V-Schottenstift: 3560
16 16     SNG vA 3750
17 17     NY: 1995.11.1869
18 18     Kassel: Mü 599
19 19     C. Rhodes coll.
20 20     C. Rhodes coll. = Demos 7, 29 Jan 2022, Lot 437
21 21     Aquila numismatics auction 3, 25 June 2022, lot 605