RPC VII.2, 3203

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3203
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΒΞϹ = 262
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Γ Β, ΕΤ ΒΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπόλ(εως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) βξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 262
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock; beneath her, river god Pyramos swimming left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.40 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 720–1
Specimens 18 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p130.1.C BMC 32
2 2     Cop SNG 49
3 3     Cop SNG 50 = Rhousopoulos 4313
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 232
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 233
6 6     Verona: 75397 SNG 1798
7 7     Burbach coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 312, 9 Oct. 2013, lot 150
9 9     Fontana coll.
10 10     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 624
11 11     Leu Web 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 635
12 12     Marcinkowski coll.
13 13     Private coll.
14 14     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 940
15 15     SNG Levante 1487
16 16     SNG Levante Supp. 352 = CNG EA 129, 21 Dec. 2005, lot 207
17 17     Tahberer 427
18 18     Ziegler 1119