RPC VII.2, 2331

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2331
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Rhodiapolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΟΔΙΑΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at feet, stag
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 287–9
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2328/2, 2329/1, 3.
Note vA Lykien 287-8 are described as sharing their obv. die with Corydalla (vA Lykien, 64–6, 74-6). Dies are indeed very similar, but probably not identical.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 315 vA Lykien, 288
2 2     Boston: 64.296 vA Lykien, 289
3 3     Arycanda excavations (ARY 90–130) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 986
4 4     Heller coll. = vA Lykien, 287
5 5     ✸ Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 156, as Thyatira