RPC VII.2, 2290

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2290
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 Kakasbos (?) standing right, wearing cap and holding club, conducting horse whose foreleg is hitting vessel or rock out of which flows water
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference vA Lykien, —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–5: same pair of dies. 3–5: same obv. die as 2288/10, 14. 1–2: same rev. die as 2289/1. 3–5: same rev. die as 2296/1.
Note One of the coins listed here (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/340162) is heavier and larger than the average expected for this module. It has nevertheless been included here, as it uses the same dies as some of the other specimens of this type.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Antalya Arycanda excavations (ARY 79–135) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 966
2 2     Antalya Arycanda excavations (ARY 89–202) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 967
3 3     Arycanda excavations (ARY 98–42) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 965
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1997
5 5     ✸ Leu 10, 24 Oct. 2021, lot 2276 = Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1247