RPC VII.2, 2223

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2223
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, surmounted with baldachin and surrounded by quadrangular enclosure (colonnade?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1
Reference vA Lykien, 20
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2221/1, 2224/1–2, 2242/1 (Myra), 2252/1 (Myra), 2255/1–2 (Myra).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18273552, 1914/672 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1904 = Price & Trell p. 22, fig. 18 = vA Lykien, 20