RPC VII.2, 2962

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2962
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 Ϛ Α
Edition Πομπηιοπολειτῶν ϛτʹ ϛʹ ἀ(σσάρια)
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, (year) 306, 6 assaria
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, holding two ears of corn, resting foot on swimming river god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.18 g
Axis 1, 9, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2629 SNG vA 5893
2 2     P: 1080 SNG 1248
3 3     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 227
4 4     CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 282 = SNG Levante 892