RPC VII.2, 2281

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2281
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Arycanda
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΥΚΑΝΔΕωΝ
Reverse design Ares standing right, holding spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1
Reference vA Lykien, 43–4
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2286/1–3, 6, 2288/1, 13.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.204 BMC 7 = vA Lykien, 43
2 2     A: Σ.Μ. 1904/05, ΙϚ', 81 Svoronos, JIAN 6 (1903), p. 188, no. 81 (Mavromichali) = vA Lykien, 44