RPC VII.2, 3200

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3200
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 ΑΝΑΖΑ(ΡΒΟΥ) ΜΗΤΡΟ ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητρο(πόλεως) ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 261
Reverse design the three Charites; small thymiaterion on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.37 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 679–81
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6, 8–9, 11–13: same obv. die as 3183/1–4, 3197/1–4, 3198/1–3, 3199/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 2265
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 351 = Agora 7, 1 Apr. 2014, lot 131
3 3     CNG EA 300, 10 Apr. 2013, lot 159 = CNG 47, 16 Sept. 1998, lot 911
4 4     Fontana coll. 43
5 5     Kastner 10, 1976, lot 222 = M&M AG liste 514, Sept. 1988, lot 16 = Auctiones 18, 1989, lot 955
6 6     Lanz 30, 1984, lot 741 = Lanz 52, 1990, lot 619
7 7     M&M GmbH 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2668
8 8     Marcinkowski coll.
9 9     Marcinkowski coll.
10 10     Private coll.
11 11     SNG Levante 1485 = CNG EA 225, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 267 = CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 157
12 12     Ziegler 1105
13 13     Ziegler 1106