RPC VII.2, 2715

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2715
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIAN(O)VS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordian{o}us 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 VIRT AVG COL ANTIOCH, S R
Edition virt(us) Aug(usti) Col(onia) Antioch(ia) s(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation the virtue of Augustus, the colony of Antioch, ally of the Romans
Reverse design Gordian III riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing suppliciant enemy left; below the horse, enemy lying on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.13 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Krzyżanowska XIII/66, XIV/68
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 1070 SNG 1205
2 2     ✸ P: 151 SNG 1215
3 3     B: 18273599, Fox
4 4     Warsaw
5 5     CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 247
6 6     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 118
7 7     CNG EA 343, 28 Jan. 2015, lot 340
8 8     Emporium Hamburg 8, 23 Apr. 1987, lot 114
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3584 = Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9379 = Hirsch 155, 23 Sept. 1987, lot 801