RPC VII.2, 2205

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2205
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Tlos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) 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 ΤΛωΕωΝ
Edition Τλωέων
Translation of the Tloans
Reverse design Lykian war god standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.38 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 316–18
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5–7: same obv. die as 2206/1–4, 10–11, 13–14, 2207/3, 5–9, 12, 2208/2–4, 6. 4, 8: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 344 Wa 3198 = vA Lykien, 317
2 2     Mu vA Lykien, 318
3 3     Brussels vA Lykien, 316
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 1794
5 5     Arycanda excavations (ARY 89–128) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 988
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = ex M. Mihalka coll.
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1784
8 8     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 47, 9 Oct. 2016, lot 348 = Fischer 159, 17 Nov. 2017, lot 174
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.