RPC VII.2, 3192

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3192
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΞϹ = 261
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Β, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate), of year 261
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and leaning against lyre placed on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.68 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 688
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 3193/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 221
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Levante coll.
6 6     Marcinkowski coll.
7 7     Tahberer 426
8 8     Ziegler 1108
9 9     Ziegler 1109