RPC VII.2, 2283

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2283
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Arycanda
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 ΑΡΥΚΑΝΔΕωΝ
Reverse design two figures seated in quadriga, right, one with radiate cap (Helios?), hand raised holding club (?), the other (Zeus) holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA Lykien, —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Antalya Arycanda excavations (ARY 89–140) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 964
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1302 = Lanz 78, 1996, lot 849