RPC VII.2, 3181

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3181
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 ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟΛΕ), ΖΝϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλε(ως) ζνσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, 257
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and leaning against lyre placed on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 676–7
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     C: Leake SNG 5229
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 220
4 4     Kölner Münzkabinett E-4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 266
5 5     Lindgren III, 785
6 6     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 942
7 7     Biga Numismatics EA 19, 30 Apr. 2023, lot 84
8 8     ✸ Aphrodite Art Coins G1, 28 July 2024, lot 427
9 9     Biga Numismatics EA 35, 30 Nov. 2024, lot 155