RPC VII.2, 2643

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2643
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Lyrbe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Watson 663
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 2, 5–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 2629/1–3, 2630/1–4, 6–7, 12–15, 17, 2633/1, 2637/1–3, 2639/1–11, 2640/1–2, 2642/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1925,0105.72
2 2     B: 18273906, I-B
3 3     V: GR 32333
4 4     V: GR 18935
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     SNG Levante 275