RPC VII.2, 2600

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2600
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Lyrbe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design conical altar (?) between two railings; behind, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Watson 647
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same pair of dies. 2, 6: same pair of dies. 3, 7–8: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 2602/1–2, 2603/2, 5–6, 2606/1–5, 2607/1, 2608/1–2, 2609/1, 2610/1–3, 2611/1, 2612/1, 2613/1, 2615/1, 2617/2, 2618/1–4, 2619/1–2, 2620/1, 2621/1–4, 2623/1, 2624/2–3, 2626/1, 4, 7–11, 2627/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.213
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 893
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 894
4 4     Winterthur: G 4311 GrMW III, 19
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 24 Blue, 22–Sep-2019, lot 1025
6 6     Kovacs FPL 29, 1997, lot 140 = Jacquier 22, 1999, lot 633
7 7     SNG Levante 268
8 8     ✸ Stack’s, 1 Jan. 2010, lot 292 = CNG, Triton 5, 5 Jan. 2002, lot 1749 = Spink’s Numismatic Circular, July-Aug. 1980, lot 6210 = Auctiones 8, 27 June 1978, lot 472 = SNG vA 5697
9 9     Boston: 62.411