RPC VII.2, 2422

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2422
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Claudioseleucia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Head of Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐ(σεβὴς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Pius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ
Edition Κλαυδιοσελευκέων
Translation of the Claudioseleucians
Reverse design Apollo Propylaeus advancing right, wearing chlamys and holding strung bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.57 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA Pisidien II, 1997–2000
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same rev. die as 2416/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.235 BMC 8 = vA Pisidien II, 1997
2 2     P: 701 Wa 3909 = SNG 1902 = vA Pisidien II, 1998
3 3     B: 18273544, I-B vA Pisidien II, 1999
4 4     SNG vA 5236 = vA Pisidien II, 2000
5 5     C. Rhodes = Bucephalus Numismatic, Black Auction 4, 2 Sept. 2022, lot 991
6 6     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 17, 24 Mar. 2023, lot 352
7 7     SPQR Collection 4, 28–29 Nov. 2024, lot 796