RPC VII.2, 2766

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2766
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AEL HAD ICONIENS, S R
Reverse design founder of the colony, ploughing with bull and cow, right; in the background, two vexilla; below, harpa of Perseus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 6
Reference vA Lykaonien 320–6 corr.
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 2764/1, 2768/3.
Note On the rev., the S is retrograde as Ƨ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 43 SNG 2293 = vA Lykaonien 323 = Wa 4769
2 2     B: 18273391, Fox vA Lykaonien 320
3 3     B: 18273392, Löbb. vA Lykaonien 321
4 4     Cop SNG 5 = vA Lykaonien 325
5 5     V: GR 30125 vA Lykaonien 324
6 6     Warsaw vA Lykaonien 326
7 7     Aufhäuser 8, 10 Oct. 1991, lot 520
8 8     ✸ B. Michaux coll. = Hirsch 364, 12 Feb. 2021, lot 1398 = Hirsch 188, 22 Nov. 1995, lot 906
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1792
10 10     Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 686
11 11     Münzzentrum 72, 2 Dec. 1991, lot 708
12 12     Sternberg 13, 17 Nov. 1983, lot 902 = vA Lykaonien 322 = M&M 41, 18 June 1970, lot 540
13 13     Tkalec-Rauch, 25 Apr. 1989, lot 387 = Aufhäuser 4, 7 Oct. 1987, lot 410