RPC VII.2, 2880

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2880
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Celenderis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue With Gordian in the nominative
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΕΙΤωΝ
Edition Κελενδερειτῶν Κελενδερειτῶν
Translation of the Celenderites
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena, right, wearing aegis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.92 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 2879/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 2440
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = CNG EA 398, 31 May 2017, lot 423