RPC VII.2, 2727

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2727
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ANTIOCHIA COLONIA CAESARIA, S R
Reverse design Salus standing left, feeding serpent raising from altar, and holding long caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Krzyżanowska I/5
Specimens 9 (4 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     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2447 SNG vA 8578
2 2     P: 135 SNG 1244
3 3     C: 121-1961 SNG 5138
4 4     NY: 1944.100.51060
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 125
7 7     Linnartz FPL 20, 1999, lot 195
8 8     Numismatica 13, 9 Nov. 1976, lot 674
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 469