RPC VII.2, 2206

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2206
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Tlos
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 ΤΛωΕωΝ
Edition Τλωέων
Translation of the Tloans
Reverse design horseman galloping right, brandishing spear and holding shield; beneath horse, coiled serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.36 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 11
Reference vA Lykien, 310–15
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 10–11, 13–14: same obv. die as 2205/1, 5–7, 2207/3, 5–9, 12, 2208/2–4, 6. 5, 7–9, 12: same obv. die as 2207/1–2, 4, 11, 2208/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2368 SNG vA 4468 = vA Lykien, 311
2 2     P: 339 vA Lykien, 310
3 3     B: 18273683, 1901/462 vA Lykien, 312
4 4     B: 18273684, Löbb. vA Lykien, 313
5 5     V: GR 36268 Hirsch 13 (Rhousopoulos), lot 4242 = Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1932 = vA Lykien, 314
6 6     St Petersburg vA Lykien, 315
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = ex. M. Mihalka coll.
8 8     CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 316 = Auctiones 29, 12 June 2003, lot 371 (Righetti) = Lagerliste Münzhandlung Ritter GmbH, Düsseldorf 57, 1994, lot 651
9 9     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 101
10 10     CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 158 = Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 476 = Aufhäuser 7, 7 Oct. 1990, lot 598
11 11     Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2775 = Hirsch 195, 1997, lot 869 = G. Hirsch 364, 11 Feb. 2021, lot 1394
12 12     Münzzentrum 103, 23 June 2000, lot 140
13 13     Numismatik Naumann 47, 9 Oct. 2016, lot 347
14 14     Private coll. = Aufhäuser 18, 5 Oct. 2004, lot 515