RPC VII.2, 2955

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2955
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϚΤ ΑϚ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, quiver at shoulder, holding branch and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 20 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0402.224 BMC 64
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 1121 SNG 1243
3 3     P: 1081 SNG 1245 = Wa 4524
4 4     P: Delepierre 6512 SNG 1246
5 5     C: 459-9148
6 6     C McClean 9089
7 7     V: GR 27603
8 8     A: 1895/96 ΚϚ' 21
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 226
12 12     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 142
13 13     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 226
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1887
15 15     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 823 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1093 = M&M GmbH 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2678
16 16     SNG vA 5895
17 17     UBS 59, 20 Jan. 2004, lot 6813 = UBS 57, 15 Sept. 2003, lot 436
18 18     ✸ UBS 78, 9 Sept. 2008, lot 1840
19 19     Boston: 64.563
20 20     Yothr coll.