RPC VII.2, 2221

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2221
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Aperlae
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΠΕΡΛΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design lighted (?) altar set on podium, decorated with garland and surmounted by baldachin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 15, 17–18
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 2223/1, 2224/1–2, 2242/1 (Myra), 2252/1 (Myra), 2255/1–2 (Myra). 1: same rev. die as 2222/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0703.73 BMC 1 = vA Lykien, 15
2 2     P: 34 vA Lykien, 18
3 3     Boston: 66.271 NC 4 (1964), p. 160, no. 4 = vA Lykien, 17
4 4     ✸ Naville Numismatic 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 222