RPC VII.2, 2186

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2186
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 front
Reverse inscription ΠΑΤΑΡΕωΝ
Edition Παταρέων
Translation of the Patarians
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and bow; in front, raven next to tripod entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.44 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 205–7
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 2184/4, 20, 24, 2192/2, 5–6, 2193/1–2, 4–7, 10.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2354 SNG vA 4383 = vA Lykien, 206
2 2     L: 1899,0401.106 vA Lykien, 207
3 3     NY: 1944.100.50731 vA Lykien, 205
4 4     ✸ Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 413 = Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 584
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 710