RPC VII.2, 2342

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2342
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Corydalla
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ(Α)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΥΔΑΛΛΕωΝ
Reverse design horseman galloping right, brandishing spear; underneath horse, pillar or altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 75–6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 2343/2, 4, 2345/4, 7–9. 4: same obv. die as 2300/1–3 (Acalissus), 2304/1 (Acalissus), 2305/1 (Acalissus), 2340/1–6, 2341/1, 2343/1, 3, 2345/1–3, 5, 2346/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 69 Wa 3041 = vA Lykien, 76
2 2     ✸ C: Mossop
3 3     Mu vA Lykien, 75
4 4     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1137 = NAC 100, 30 June 2017, lot 1303 = van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3022