RPC VII.2, 2626

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2626
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 Zeus seated right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; at feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference Watson 626
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 2, 5–6: same pair of dies. 7–11: same pair of dies. 1, 4, 7–11: 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, 2623/1, 2624/2–3, 2627/1–3. 2, 5–6: 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, 2623/2, 2624/1, 4–7, 2625/1–2, 2663/1–3, 6 (Casae), 2664/1 (Casae), 2666/1 (Casae). 3: same obv. die as 2603/1, 4, 2604/1, 2622/1, 5, 2624/8. 2–3, 5–6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2597
2 2     C: Mossop
3 3     C: Mossop
4 4     Cop SNG 161
5 5     A SNG Soutzos 1657
6 6     Bern: N/82.1590 SNG Righetti 1590
7 7     Winterthur: G 7020 Schulten, 15 Oct. 1990, lot 946
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Künker FPL 67, Nov./Dec. 1985, lot 148
10 10     Münzzentrum 71, 3 June 1991, lot 443 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 946
11 11     ✸ Naumann 50, 5 Feb. 2017, lot 407