RPC VII.2, 2178

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2178
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Patara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΤΑΡΕωΝ
Edition Παταρέων
Translation of the Patarians
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and bow; in front, raven on omphalos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.87 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 208–13
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,0103.10 vA Lykien, 208
2 2     P vA Lykien, 209
3 3     Cop SNG 118 = vA Lykien, 211
4 4     A: 5731a JIAN 11 (1908), p. 270, no. 31 = vA Lykien, 210
5 5     Gotha vA Lykien, 213
6 6     Baldwin's = vA Lykien, 212
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 269, 30 Nov. 2011, lot 253 = Gorny & Mosch 50, 24 Sept. 1990, lot 370
8 8     Lindgren III, 632
9 9     R. Reynaudo coll.
10 10     Roma Numismatics EA 61, 22 Aug. 2019, lot 533
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 709