RPC VII.2, 2535

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2535
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 2, with accusative
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ Ϲ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙΩΝ
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right arm and holding transverse sceptre; at his feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference Watson 546
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.216
2 2     P: 132 SNG 184
3 3     ✸ C: Mossop
4 4     NY: 1944.100.50811
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 106
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 115 Blue, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 701
7 7     CGT coll. = CNG EA 314, 6 Nov. 2013, lot 255 = CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 836
8 8     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 837 = Leu 65, 21 June 1996, lot 449
9 9     H.I. coll.
10 10     van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3041