RPC VII.2, 2334

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2334
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Rhodiapolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ 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 ΡΟΔΙΑΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design Athena standing right, holding spear around which coils serpent; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 295–6 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 2337/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2362 SNG vA 4449 = vA Lykien, 295
2 2     L: 1899,0401.108 vA Lykien, 296
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 301