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 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 Caes(area) 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

Number Number 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