RPC VII.2, 2463

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2463
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Etenna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΤΕΝΝΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐτεννέων
Translation of the Etennians
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 16.40 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA Pisidien II, 628–9; Watson 613
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 2464/1, 2603/3, 7–9 (Lyrbe), 2605/1–10 (Lyrbe), 2614/1–2 (Lyrbe), 2615/2 (Lyrbe), 2617/1, 3–4 (Lyrbe), 2622/2–4, 6, 8 (Lyrbe), 2623/2 (Lyrbe), 2624/1, 4–7, 9 (Lyrbe), 2625/1–2 (Lyrbe), 2626/2, 5–6 (Lyrbe), 2663/1–3, 6 (Casae), 2664/1 (Casae), 2666/1 (Casae).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18273021, B-I GRMK p. 185, no. 2 = vA Pisidien II, 628
2 2     G Hunter 1 = SNG 2100 = vA Pisidien II, 629
3 3     NY: 1998.18.97 Lindgren III, 706
4 4     Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 160