RPC VII.2, 2603

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2603
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 Apollo Sidetes standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at right, lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Watson 627
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 2, 5–6: same pair of dies. 3, 7–9: same pair of dies. 1, 4: same obv. die as 2604/1, 2622/1, 5, 2624/8, 2626/3. 2, 5–6: same obv. die as 2600/1–9, 2602/1–2, 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. 3, 7–9: same obv. die as 2463/1–4 (Etenna), 2464/1 (Etenna), 2605/1–10, 2614/1–2, 2615/2, 2617/1, 3–4, 2622/2–4, 6, 8, 2623/2, 2624/1, 4–7, 2625/1–2, 2626/2, 5–6, 2663/1–3, 6 (Casae), 2664/1 (Casae), 2666/1 (Casae). 1, 3–4, 7–9: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0601.69 BMC 1
2 2     P: 676 SNG 506
3 3     B: 18273901, B-I
4 4     B: 18273900, I-B
5 5     C: Mossop
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 890
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 2519
8 8     ✸ CGT coll. = Ritter FPL 88, 2011, lot 485
9 9     SNG Levante 271 = SNG vA 5699 = Kraft pl. 109, 21