RPC VII.2, 2609

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2609
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference Watson 644
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2600/1–9, 2602/1–2, 2603/2, 5–6, 2606/1–5, 2607/1, 2608/1–2, 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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0909.214