RPC VII.2, 2956

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2956
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 ΑϚ ϚΤ
Reverse design draped bust of Aratus, right, seen from front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 2, 5, 6, 12
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1978,0419.4
2 2     ✸ P: 1082 SNG 1250 = Wa 4525
3 3     NY: 1944.100.54326
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1131
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 602
7 7     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 219 = Ziegler 594
8 8     CNG Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1506
9 9     Falghera 2204
10 10     Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 9064
11 11     M. Stall coll.
12 12     M. Stall coll.
13 13     Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 555
14 14     Ziegler 594 = Karbach coll.