RPC VII.2, 2182

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2182
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 Propylaeus advancing right, quiver at shoulder, holding bow and arrow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.78 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 222–4
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.105 vA Lykien, 223
2 2     P: 255 Wa 3141 = vA Lykien, 224
3 3     ✸ V: GR 36263 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1923 = vA Lykien, 222
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Papillon 3, 29 Nov. 2020, lot 300
5 5     Numismatik Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 347
6 6     SNG Keckman II, 619 = Schulten, Apr. 1988, lot 895 = Münzzentrum 65, Nov. 1988, lot 231