RPC VII.2, 3175

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3175
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Caesar)
Issue Year ΔΠϹ = 284
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤω ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΘΕΟΦΙ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Θεοφιλέστατος Caesar Augustus (sic)
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΕ ΝΑ, ΔΠϹ
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head left, holding lyre, leaning on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference Haymann 199 corr.
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Details are unclear, but it could be that Apollo is placing or holding an object (branches?) on the column.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ankara: 79-2/2-97 M. Arslan, 'Une monnaie inédite de Gordien III César émise à Aigeai en Cilicie', SM 193 (1999), p. 4
2 2     ✸ B. Michaux coll. = Peus 435, 31 Oct. 2023, lot 189 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 940 = Haymann 199/1
3 3     Savoca 24 Blue, 21 Sept. 2019, lot 985 (as Anazarbus) = Savoca 29 Blue, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 907
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Olympus Numismatik 10, 29 Dec. 2023, lot 218