RPC VII.2, 2606

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2606
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 Artemis riding in biga of galloping stags, right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference Watson 638
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 2600/1–9, 2602/1–2, 2603/2, 5–6, 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     P: 102 SNG 511
2 2     V: GR 34099
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 310, Sept. 2013, lot 254 = CNG MBS 64, 4 Sept. 2003, lot 661 = SNG Levante 267
5 5     Ziegler 6
6 6     B: 18292569, 1929/1