RPC VII.2, 2253

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2253
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Myra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) 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 temple with two columns enclosing cult statue of Eleuthera standing facing, to left, bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 150–5, 158–9
Specimens 18 (3 in the core collections)
Note Omega on rev. shaped Ⲱ or W.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 13 = vA Lykien, 158
2 2     P: 228 Wa 3126 = vA Lykien, 151
3 3     B: 18273063, 21379 vA Lykien, 152
4 4     Antalya vA Lykien, 153
5 5     Boston: 61.1059 vA Lykien, 150
6 6     Florence cast in Winterthur = vA Lykien, 155
7 7     Arycanda excavations (ARY 94–92) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 979
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = Elsen 70, 15 June 2002, lot 786 = Gorny & Mosch 113, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 5491
9 9     CGT coll. = Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 470
10 10     Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 582
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2152
12 12     Heller coll. = vA Lykien, 154
13 13     Lindgren I, 1064 = Stack's Coin Galleries, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 265
14 14     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1140 = ex F. Jarman coll.
15 15     Nollé, Götter p. 70, no. 72
16 16     Private coll. = vA Lykien, 154a
17 17     SNG Keckman II, 616
18 18     Sotheby London, 25 Oct. 1984, lot 401 = Weber 7286 = vA Lykien, 159