RPC VII.2, 2309

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2309
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Limyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ 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 ΛΙΜΥΡΕωΝ ΧΡΗϹΜΟϹ
Reverse design humped bull and dog (?) facing each other, both drinking at the oracular spring of Limyra
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 109–11
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same rev. die as 2314/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1882,0605.37 BMC 9 = vA Lykien, 109
2 2     P: 131 vA Lykien, 110
3 3     ✸ Boston: 1972.859 M&M AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 487 = vA Lykien, 111
4 4     Kovacs 16, 29 Sept. 2004, lot 259