RPC VII.2, 2946

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2946
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 Zeus standing left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.84 g
Axis 1, 2, 7
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.346
2 2     P: 1573 SNG 1175
3 3     B: 18273885, Löbb.
4 4     V: GR 19142
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 462
6 6     Bern: N/87.6 Schulten, 1 Apr. 1987, lot 965 = Münzzentrum 59, 29 Oct. 1986, lot 1143
7 7     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 403
8 8     CGT coll. = Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 383
9 9     CNG EA 269, 30 Nov. 2011, lot 273 = M&M AG 19, 16 May 2006, lot 262 (Righetti coll.)