RPC VII.2, 2943

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2943
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ ΑΥΤ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ
Edition Σεβαστὴ ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ(υλος) αὐτ(όνομος) ναυαρχίς
Translation Sebaste, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, navarch
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff; to right, Telesphorus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.39 g
Axis 1, 2
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur: G 4731 GrMW III, 281 = possibly identical with KM p. 443, no. 4
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca Silver 100, 18 Apr. 2021, lot 244
3 3     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 8, 9 July 2017, lot 335
4 4     ✸ Naumann 50, 5 Feb. 2017, lot 412
5 5     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 15, 6 Apr. 2014, lot 498