RPC VII.2, 2934

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2934
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Corycus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟ
Reverse design Aphrodite standing left, holding aphlaston and sceptre; at feet, left, prow of ship
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 4, 5
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 1689 SNG 1116
2 2     C McClean 7456, under Calchedon
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 835
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 2486
5 5     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 568 = SNG Levante Supp. 220
6 6     Tahberer 901