RPC VII.2, 2656

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2656
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 front
Reverse inscription ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Watson 675
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 2588/1–3, 5 (Side), 2590/1 (Side), 2652/1, 2654/1–2, 2657/1–3, 2671/1 (Casae), 2672/1–3 (Casae). 1–6: same rev. die as 2660/1, 5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1889,0904.39 BMC 7
2 2     O
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 885
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1084 = Münzzentrum 160, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 554
6 6     Lindgren I, 1539