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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena, right, wearing aegis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
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

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