RPC VII.2, 2190

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2190
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 Dionysus standing right, holding thyrsus; in front, ram and nymph seated on rock and holding urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.59 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 244–7
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1893,0203.1 BMC 13 = vA Lykien, 244
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2357 SNG vA 8493 = vA Lykien, 246
3 3     B: 18273079, B-I KM p. 307, no. 3, pl. X, 6 = vA Lykien, 254
4 4     B: 18273081, Löbb. ZfN 15 (1887), 46 = vA Lykien, 247
5 5     Aufhäuser 15, 21 Mar. 2000, lot 410
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, lot 556