RPC VII.2, 3178

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3178
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΝϹ = 257
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[Τ Κ] Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Β, ΕΤ ΖΝϹ
Reverse design athlete (?) holding palm branch and crowning himself seated right, facing male figure with pointed hat seated left, on rock, holding fish trap (?); between them, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos,
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 518