RPC VII.2, 2759

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2759
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AT (sic) GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) A<n>t(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 COL AELI ADRI ICONIESI (sic), S R
Edition col(onia) Aeli(a) <H>adri(ana) Iconie(n)s(ium) s(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation the colony of Aelia Hadriana, Iconium, ally of the Romans
Reverse design Andromeda seated left, seen from rear, chained feet, arms raised; robe hung up on a tree; below, wolf left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.94 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference vA Lykaonien 330–1
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 2716/2 (Antioch), 2760/1, 2767/1, 3–4, 2768/1–2, 2769/1–2, 2769A/1, 2770/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18248663, 1914/1263 vA Lykaonien 331
2 2     Brussels: II, 56.718 vA Lykaonien 330
3 3     Aufhäuser 10, 5 Oct. 1993, lot 531
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 76, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 307
6 6     Leu 10, 24 Oct. 2021, lot 2277
7 7     ✸ Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1473
8 8     Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 348
9 9     Nomos 22, 22 June 2021, lot 344