RPC VII.2, 2327

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2327
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 ΛΙΜΥΡΟϹ
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 25 mm
Axis 7, 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 115–26
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1226.379 BMC 11 = vA Lykien, 121
2 2     P: 134 vA Lykien, 118
3 3     P: 130 vA Lykien, 122
4 4     P: 133 vA Lykien, 125
5 5     ✸ P: 135 Wa 3074 = vA Lykien, 120
6 6     B: 18273675, Löbb. FM 398 = vA Lykien, 115
7 7     B: 18273676, I-B vA Lykien, 117
8 8     O: Rogers Weber 7271 = vA Lykien, 123
9 9     Rome vA Lykien, 124
10 10     Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 364
11 11     Baldwin's = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1946 = vA Lykien, 126
12 12     Heller coll. = vA Lykien, 119
13 13     Private British coll. = vA Lykien, 116
14 14     Savoca Live Online 16, 25 June 2017, lot 389