RPC VII.2, 2950

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2950
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΙ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Marcus Caesar Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ
Reverse design eagle standing right, head left, with aphlaston in beak, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1971,0905.2
2 2     B: 18273887, Löbb.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 604 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 962
4 4     CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 1008
5 5     Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 488 = Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2776 = SNG Levante 852 = Leu 28, 5 May 1981, lot 537
6 6     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 251 = Leu AG Zürich 28, 1981, lot 537