RPC VII.2, 3195

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3195
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 261
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and leaning against lyre placed on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.63 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 687
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll.
2 2     ✸ Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 154 (Vogl coll.) (weight given as 8.95) = Hirsch 166, 1990, lot 1216
3 3     Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG 11, 18 Dec. 2016, lot 472