RPC VII.2, 3160

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3160
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, Π Π
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Augustus father of the fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛωΝΙ ΜΑΛΛωΤωΝ
Edition Κολωνί(α) Μαλλωτῶν
Translation Colony of the Mallotians
Reverse design Marsyas standing left, raising arm, holding wineskin over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.42 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1919,0822.6
2 2     Bern: N/82.1592 SNG Righetti 1592
3 3     C. Fontana, ‘Note su alcune monete inedite o poco conosciute della serie urbica greca coniate durante l'imperio Romano IV’, RIN 77 (1975), p. 146, no. 18
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 24 Blue, 21 Sept. 2019, lot 1029
5 5     CGT coll. = Ziegler 913 = ex Karbach coll.