RPC VII.2, 2605

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2605
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
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Λυρβειτῶν
Translation of the Lyrbeans
Reverse design Apollo standing right, playing lyre with both hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.00 g
Axis 2, 5, 6, 12
Reference Watson 623
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 2463/1–4 (Etenna), 2464/1 (Etenna), 2603/3, 7–9, 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).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0909.211
2 2     Cop SNG 162
3 3     Mu
4 4     Mu J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908, lot 3845 (Consul Weber)
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 895
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CNG 93, 2 May 2013, lot 874 = CNG MBS 64, 4 Sept. 2003, lot 662 = SNG Levante 270 = SNG vA 5700
8 8     Lindgren 1538
9 9     Münzzentrum 71 3 June 1991, lot 442
10 10     Ziegler 5