RPC VII.2, 2287

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2287
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 front
Reverse inscription ΑΡΥΚΑΝΔΕωΝ
Reverse design horseman (Helios?), wearing radiate cap, galloping right, brandishing club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 31–2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 2285/1–2, 2289/1, 2291/1, 2303A/1 (Acalissus). 1–2: same rev. die as 2288/2–3, 8. 4–5: same rev. die as 2295/4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.203 BMC 6 = vA Lykien, 31
2 2     B: 18273554, Löbb. vA Lykien, 32
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1845
5 5     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 979