RPC VII.2, 2902

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2902
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβασ(τός)
Translation Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚ(Κ)ΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥ(ΚΑΔΝΩ), ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶ(ν) πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus, of the free (city)
Reverse design two Nikai standing, facing each other, holding together a large wreath, on table with three curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.20 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 32 (16 in the core collections)
Note Numerous coins of this type seem to be cast from the same original coin.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.404
2 2     L: 1839,1224.182 BMC 45
3 3     P: 950 SNG 1016
4 4     B: 18273943, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18273942, B-I
6 6     C: Leake
7 7     C: Leake
8 8     C McClean 9079
9 9     G: 16.45 SNG 2298F
10 10     G SNG 2299
11 11     NY: 1944.100.54217
12 12     NY: 1953.171.1355
13 13     O: Milne
14 14     O: Godwyn
15 15     O: Milne Schulten, 2 June 1982, lot 1067
16 16     V: GR 19150
17 17     Tübingen SNG 4561
18 18     V-ON SNG Leypold 2605
19 19     ✸ Winterthur: G 7014 Hirsch 167, 26 Sept. 1990, lot 1242
20 20     CGT coll. = Ziegler 482
21 21     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 887
22 22     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 43 = SNG Levante Supp. 205
23 23     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 237
24 24     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1828
25 25     HI coll.
26 26     Lindgren III, 900 = CNG EA 381, 24 Aug. 2016, lot 325
27 27     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 184
28 28     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 411 (Vogl coll.) = Aufhäuser 4, 7 Oct. 1987, lot 414
29 29     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 436 = Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 830
30 30     Ziegler 481
31 31     Boston: 61.1061
32 32     C. Rhodes coll. = Bucephalus 18, 21 Apr. 2023, lot 343