RPC VII.2, 2922

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2922
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑ(ΛΥΚ)
Edition Σελευκέων τῶ πρός τῶ Καλυκ(άδνῳ)
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, crownded by Gordian III, laureate, in military dress, standing left, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.15 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 27 (7 in the core collections)
Note Sometimes, on the rev., ΚƐΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ is retrograde and reads anti-clockwise

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,1226.383 BMC 46
2 2     P: 954 SNG 1013
3 3     P: 968 SNG 1014 = Wa 4475
4 4     B: 18273935, Löbb.
5 5     C: Leake 5277
6 6     Cop SNG 217
7 7     Mu
8 8     Bern: N/82.1625 SNG Righetti 1625
9 9     V-ON SNG Leypold 2606
10 10     Winterthur: G 6750 ex coll. H., 1985
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 123 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 266 = SNG Levante Supp. 204
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 17, 25 Apr. 2015, lot 462
15 15     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 6, 20 May 2017, lot 232
16 16     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 42 = SNG Levante Supp. 203
17 17     CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 182
18 18     CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 248 = SNG Levante 765
19 19     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 299
20 20     Falghera 2199
21 21     Falghera 2200
22 22     Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 2001
23 23     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 413 (Vogl coll.) = Münzzentrum Köln 68, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 347 = Ziegler 497
24 24     Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 948
25 25     Ziegler 495
26 26     Ziegler 496
27 27     Boston: 1970.319