RPC VII.2, 2224

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2224
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Aperlae
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 front
Reverse inscription ΑΠΕΡΛΕΙΤωΝ
Edition Ἀπερλείτων
Translation of the Aperlaeans
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing lighted (?) altar set on podium and surmounted with baldachin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.05 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 19
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2221/1, 2223/1, 2242/1 (Myra), 2252/1 (Myra), 2255/1–2 (Myra).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273551, 1878/57 Price & Trell p. 22, fig. 17 = vA Lykien, 19
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = R. Reynaudo photofile, with reference to Kovacs