RPC VII.2, 2746

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2746
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 FORTVNA COL CES ANTIOCEV (sic), S R
Edition Fortuna coloniae Caesariae Antiochiae sociae Romanorum Fortuna col(oniae) C<a>es(ariae) Antioc{eu}(hiae) s(ociae) R(omanorum)
Translation Fortune of the Caesarean colony Antioch, ally of the Romans
Reverse design Fortuna of Antioch standing left, holding patera over altar and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.44 g
Axis 6
Reference Krzyżanowska XXVIII/106 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Krzyżanowska describes the object held by Fortuna in her r. hand as a cornucopia, but it seems to be only a poorly engraved patera. The last V on the reversed is inverted (as Λ).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273782, I-B
2 2     A: 577
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 256