RPC VII.2, 2623

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2623
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 Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference Watson 642
Specimens 2 (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, 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, 2624/2–3, 2626/1, 4, 7–11, 2627/1–3. 2: same obv. die as 2463/1–4 (Etenna), 2464/1 (Etenna), 2603/3, 7–9, 2605/1–10, 2614/1–2, 2615/2, 2617/1, 3–4, 2622/2–4, 6, 8, 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     ✸ V: GR 32758
2 2     C. Rhodes = Savoca Coins Silver 167, 25 June 2023, lot 227