RPC VII.2, 3199

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3199
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΝ
Reverse design the three Charites; small thymiaterion on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 684
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 3183/1–4, 3197/1–4, 3198/1–3, 3200/1–6, 8–9, 11–13.
Note These coins lack a date, but have probably been minted in year 261 (= AD 242/3), as they share their obverse die with coins of that year. The same reverse type also occurs in the same year for this module.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha Nymphen u. Chariten p. 204, no. 17, pl. XII, 31, rev.
2 2     ✸ Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 430