RPC VII.2, 3157

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3157
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Augusta
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian I (Divus) ; Gordian II (Divus)
Issue Year ΗΙϹ = 218
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕΟΙ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΙ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑΝΩΝ ΕΤ ΗΙϹ
Nominative Divi Gordiani
Reverse design confronted busts of Gordian II, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Gordian I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from rear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karbach, Augusta —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B. Michaux coll. = CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 166
2 2     H. Williams coll.
3 3     Private coll. = Haymann 205 corr. = R. Ziegler, 'Asklepioskult und Kaiserkult im kilikischen Aigeai um die Mitte des 3. Jh. n. Chr.', Olba 7 (2003) p. 208, pl. 35.4