RPC VII.2, 2617

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2617
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 Helios standing left, raising hand, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Watson 629
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 2463/1–4 (Etenna), 2464/1 (Etenna), 2603/3, 7–9, 2605/1–10, 2614/1–2, 2615/2, 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). 2: same obv. die as 2600/1–9, 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, 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: 1970,0909.212
2 2     ✸ P: 683 SNG 509 = Wa 4343
3 3     B: 18273896, B-I
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 897
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca Coins Silver 167, 25 June 2023, lot 228