RPC VII.2, 2302

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2302
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Acalissus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΚΑΛΙϹϹΕωΝ
Edition Ἀκαλισσέων
Translation of the Acalisseans
Reverse design veiled Moon goddess, wearing crescent, standing facing between the two Dioscuri each holding spear, next to horse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.37 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 1–2
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 2288/4 (Arycanda), 2301/1, 2303/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1884,0610.9 BMC 1 = vA Lykien, 2 = F. Chapouthier, Les Dioscures au service d'une déesse (Paris, 1835), pl. 13, 28
2 2     ✸ P: 22 Wa 3013 = vA Lykien, 1