RPC VII.2, 2288

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2288
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Arycanda
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
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 horseman (Helios?), wearing radiate cap, galloping right, brandishing club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 29–30, 33–6
Specimens 15 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 13: same pair of dies. 2–3, 8: same pair of dies. 5, 7: same pair of dies. 9, 15: same pair of dies. 10, 14: same pair of dies. 1, 13: same obv. die as 2281/1–2, 2286/1–3, 6. 2–3, 8–9, 12, 15: same obv. die as 2278/1, 2281A/1, 2292/5. 4: same obv. die as 2301/1 (Acalissus), 2302/1–2 (Acalissus), 2303/1 (Acalissus). 5, 7: same obv. die as 2292/2, 4. 10, 14: same obv. die as 2290/3–5. 1, 13: same rev. die as 2295/1. 2–3, 8: same rev. die as 2287/1–2. 4, 12: same rev. die. 10, 14: same rev. die as 2295/2–3, 5.
Note Some of the coins listed here (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/105332, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/105709) are heavier and larger than the average expected for this module. They have nevertheless been included here, as they use the same rev. die as some of the other specimens of this type.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 39 vA Lykien, 36
2 2     B: 18273553, I-B vA Lykien, 30
3 3     Mu vA Lykien, 29
4 4     V: GR 18712 vA Lykien, 33
5 5     Boston: 63.1405 vA Lykien, 34
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Dara 2, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 739
7 7     ✸ CGT coll. = Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1844 = Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 465 = Gorny & Mosch 101, 6 Mar. 2000, lot 615 = Lanz 48, 1989, lot 686
8 8     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 824 = Aufhäuser 13, 7 Oct. 1997, lot 468
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1793 = Elsen 111, 10 Dec. 2011, lot 424 = Elsen 112, 17 Mar. 2012, lot 420 = Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 581
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1617
11 11     Papillon 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 325
12 12     Private coll. = CNG EA 94, 21 July 2004, lot 101
13 13     Schulten, Apr. 1988, lot 892
14 14     Varesi 49, 18 Apr. 2007, lot 934 = Schulten, Mar. 1990, lot 874
15 15     Weber 7253 = vA Lykien, 35