RPC VII.2, 2320

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2320
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Limyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 2
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΛΙΜΥΡΕωΝ ΧΡΗϹΜΟϹ
Reverse design humped bull and dog (?) facing each other, the dog (?) drinking and the bull bellowing at the oracular spring of Limyra
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Lykien, 112–13
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note vA Lykien, 113 (Baldwin's, 18.00 g) might be identical with the NY coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893,1004.16 BMC 10 = vA Lykien, 112
2 2     NY: 1973.191.53