RPC VII.2, 3197

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3197
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ [ΜΗΤΡΟ]ΠΟ, Γ Β, ΕΤ ΑΞ[Ϲ]
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπό(λεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), year 261
Reverse design the three Charites
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.02 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 683
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 3183/1–4, 3198/1–3, 3199/1–3, 3200/1–6, 8–9, 11–13.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 352
2 2     CNG EA 236, 7 July 2010, lot 360 = CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 301
3 3     ✸ M. Staal coll. = Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2048
4 4     Ziegler 1104