RPC VII.2, 2956

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος 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 ΑϚ ϚΤ
Edition Πομπηιοπολείτων ἀσσάρια ϛʹ ϛτʹ Πομπηιοπολείτων ἀ(σσάρια) ϛʹ ϛτʹ
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, 6 assaria, (year) 306
Reverse design draped bust of Aratus, right, seen from front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.89 g
Axis 2, 5, 6, 12
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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.