RPC VII.2, 2499

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2499
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Side
Issue Group c
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion) and spear pointing forward
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Artemis with radiate crown standing right, holding long torch, facing Athena standing left, holding spear with shield next to it; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1640–7; Watson 682
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1893,0603.82 BMC 105 = Franke & Nollé 1640
2 2     ✸ C: Mossop
3 3     Boston: 63.67 Franke & Nollé 1641 = Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908, lot 3700 (Konsul Weber) = Franke & Nollé 1645 = Naville 11, 1925, lot 850 = Franke & Nollé 1643 = Glendining, 27 Sept. 1962, lot 160 = Franke & Nollé 1644 = Weber 7350 = Franke & Nollé 1642
4 4     CGT coll. = van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3097
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 427 = Franke & Nollé 1646
6 6     Private coll. = Franke & Nollé 1646
7 7     Private coll. Kiel = Franke & Nollé 1647