RPC VII.2, 2766

 

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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
Edition Imp(erator) Cae(sar) 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 COL AEL HAD ICONIENS, S R
Edition Col(onia) Ael(ia) Hadri(ana) Iconiens(ium) s(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation the colony of Aelia Hadriana, Iconium, ally of the Romans
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
Average weight 25.10 g
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.
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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