RPC VII.2, 2618

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2618
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 Hephaestus seated right, on rock, holding hammer and shield on his knees; at his feet, right, anvil
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference Watson 641
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: 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, 2617/2, 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     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     Lindgren I, 1537
4 4     N&N London Green X, 5 June 2023, lot 267