RPC VII.2, 2525

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2525
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(ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) 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 Apollo standing left, holding wreath; at right, lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 6.99 g
Axis 6
Reference Watson 566
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 137 Wa 3248 = SNG 190
2 2     Side: 818 Side 1947 excavations: Atlan, Side kazıları 33
3 3     Savoca 27 Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 929
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = N&N London EA 53, 7 Sept. 2024, lot 331