RPC VII.2, 2725

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2725
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription CAES ANTIOCH COL, S R
Edition Caesaria Antiochia colonia socia Romanorum Caes(aria) Antioch(ia) col(onia) s(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation colony of Caesarea Antioch, ally of the Romans
Reverse design Pietas standing left, holding patera over altar and incense box; in front of her, three standards (the one on the left surmounted by Victory standing left)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.47 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Krzyżanowska XI/55–7
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the identification of the figure on the rev., see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 142 SNG 1204
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 1071 SNG 1213
3 3     B: 18273595, Löbb.
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 86
5 5     Warsaw
6 6     Warsaw
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll. = CNG EA 219, 30 Sept. 2009, lot 354
10 10     CNG EA 257, 8 June 2011, lot 264
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 279, 16 May 2012, lot 175
12 12     CNG EA 366, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 663
13 13     Elsen 116, 16 Mar. 2013, lot 573
14 14     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 705
15 15     Hirsch 281, 2 May 2012, lot 1008
16 16     Pecunem 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 486