RPC VII.2, 2957

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2957
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 male figure (Aratus?) standing left, raising right arm, holding chalmys, between lighted and garlanded altar, and tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2628 SNG vA 5892
2 2     P: 1083 SNG 1247 = Wa 4526
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1130
4 4     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 290
5 5     CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 283 = SNG Levante Supp. 247
6 6     Ziegler 595 = Karbach coll.