RPC VII.2, 2518

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2518
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 1, with nominative
Dating AD 238–41
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 front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙωΝ
Edition Ἀσπενδίων
Translation of the Aspendians
Reverse design Eurystheus (?) seated left, on rock, holding spear; to left, Heracles (?) standing right; to right, nude man (?) standing right, foot on rock and holding spear; above, eagle and beneath, humped (?) bull crouching right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Watson 553
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1965/1047 SNG 187
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     SNG vA 4595