RPC VII.2, 2954

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2954
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ϚΤ = 306
Dating AD 240/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϚΤ ΑϚ
Edition Πομπηιοπολειτῶν ϛτʹ αʹ ϛʹ
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, 306, first semester (?)
Reverse design Apollo standing left, quiver over shoulder, holding branch over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 165.01 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0402.223 BMC 63
2 2     P: Delepierre 6508
3 3     B: 18274147, I-B
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 682 = SNG Levante 890 = SNG vA 5894 = Lockett 12, 1961, lot 2965
5 5     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 505
6 6     Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 600 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 851
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = Biga Numismatics 25, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 340