RPC VII.2, 2698

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2698
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AV(G)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription CAES ANTIOCH COL, S R
Edition Caes(area) Antioch(ia) col(onia) S(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation Colony of Caesarea Antioch, ally of the Romans
Reverse design statue of Mên, on base, standing right, wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing right, on globe); behind his shoulders, crescent; to left, cock standing left, giving hand to statue of Fortuna of Antioch, on base, standing left, holding cornucopia; between them, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.03 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Krzyżanowska XX/89, XXIII/97
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273580, 1865/28713
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.51058
3 3     V: GR 18896
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 197
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1858
6 6     Private coll.
7 7     L. Bricault coll. = Biga Numismatics EA 29, 24 Mar. 2024, lot 367