RPC VII.2, 2434

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2434
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Prostanna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟϹΤΑΝΝΕΩΝ ΘΕΜΙϹ
Reverse design three athletes: the middle one drawing lot out of amphora, the two other ones looking at their lot; above, agonistic crown; to left and right, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 11
Reference vA Pisidien II, 1816–17
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2435/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2491 SNG vA 8619 = vA Pisidien II, 1816
2 2     NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1323 = SNG vA 5149 = M&M AG, 52, 1975, lot 728 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 668 (C. Fontana coll.) = vA Pisidien II, 1817