RPC VII.2, 2768

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2768
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE(S) M A(N)T 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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AEL HAD ICONIHS (sic), S R
Edition colonia Aelia Hadriana Iconiηnsium socia Romanorum col(onia) Ael(ia) Had(riana) Iconiη(n)s(ium) s(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation the colony of Aelia Hadriana, Iconium, ally of the Romans
Reverse design Gordian III riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing enemy left, raising arms; below, harpa of Perseus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.11 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Lykaonien —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 2716/2 (Antioch), 2759/1–9, 2760/1, 2767/1, 3–4, 2769/1–2, 2769A/1, 2770/1–2. 3: same obv. die as 2764/1, 2766/1–13. 1–3: same rev. die.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Leu 48, 10 May 1989, lot 393
2 2     ✸ Peus Auctions 410–11, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 717
3 3     Roma Numismatics 3, 31 Mar. 2012, lot 521