RPC VII.2, 2767

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2767
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AT (sic) 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 ICONIEN, 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 33 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Lykaonien 328–9
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 2716/2 (Antioch), 2759/1–9, 2760/1, 2768/1–2, 2769/1–2, 2770/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 41 SNG 2294 = vA Lykaonien 328
2 2     B: 18273393, I-B vA Lykaonien 329 corr.
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 265, 15 Oct. 2019, lot 1063 = Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 594 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 936 = Kölner Münzkabinett 35, 16 Apr. 1984, lot 58