RPC VII.2, 2964

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2964
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΤ = 308
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΗΤ
Edition Πομπηιοπολειτῶν ητʹ
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, (year) 308
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.61 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1539.2 SNG 1251
2 2     O: Bodley
3 3     V: GR 30343a
4 4     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1133 = SNG Levante 894
5 5     Schulmann NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2210