RPC VII.2, 2244

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2244
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Myra
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΜΥΡΕωΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Eleuthera on tree defended by two serpents against two men attacking the tree with double axes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 165–6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note Casts of the coin in L exist in C and NY, as noted by vA Lykien, p. 87, nos 358–9, to which must be added P 231 (Wa 3129 = vA Lykien, 167) and, probably, Missere 441.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.207 BMC 11 = vA Lykien, 165
2 2     P: 232 Wa 3130 = vA Lykien, 166