RPC VII.2, 2326

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2326
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΙΜΥΡΕωΝ
Reverse design river god Limyros reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn out of which flows water
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 114
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG Lewis 1668 = vA Lykien, 114
2 2     NY: 1975.141.7
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Numismatik Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1139 (F. Jarman coll.)
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville 22, 1 May 2016, lot 279