RPC VII.2, 2627

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2627
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Λυρβειτῶν
Translation of the Lyrbeans
Reverse design Zeus seated right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; at feet, eagle; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Watson 640
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: 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, 2618/1–4, 2619/1–2, 2620/1, 2621/1–4, 2623/1, 2624/2–3, 2626/1, 4, 7–11.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273893, I-B KM p. 465, no. 1
2 2     NY: 1944.100.54090
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Solidus 138, 10 Dec. 2024, lot 1198 = Solidus 135, 17 Sept. 2024, lot 251