RPC VII.2, 2726

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2726
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, 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 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 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Krzyżanowska IV/16–18, VII/24, VIII/18, XXI/92
Specimens 42 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2448
2 2     L: HPB,p128.13 BMC 87
3 3     L BMC 88
4 4     P: 143 SNG 1206
5 5     B: 18273596, I-B
6 6     C McClean 8952
7 7     C McClean 8953
8 8     C: 117-1961 SNG 5136
9 9     Cop SNG 70
10 10     Mu
11 11     Mu
12 12     NY: 1944.100.51051
13 13     O: Milne
14 14     V: GR 18899
15 15     Istanbul
16 16     Istanbul
17 17     Istanbul
18 18     Istanbul
19 19     St Petersburg
20 20     St Petersburg
21 21     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 328
22 22     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 329
23 23     C. Rhodes coll.
24 24     CGT coll. = Naville 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 287
25 25     CNG EA 119, 27 July 2005, lot 84 = Schulman, 20 Sept. 1973, lot 464
26 26     CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 237
27 27     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 159
28 28     CNG EA 316, 4 Dec. 2013, lot 318
29 29     Falghera 2164
30 30     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 704
31 31     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1041
32 32     HI coll.
33 33     Monnaies d'Antan MBS 6, 27 Nov. 2009, lot 156 = CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 238
34 34     NAC 78, 26 May 2014, lot 2374
35 35     Pecunem 17, 18 May 2014, lot 124
36 36     Pecunem 7, 1 Sept. 2013, lot 242
37 37     Peus 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 870
38 38     Peus Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 710
39 39     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1076
40 40     SNG vA 4957
41 41     Boston: 65.554
42 42     S. Roll coll.