RPC VII.2, 3205

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3205
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 ΑΝΤω(ΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, ΕΤ ΒΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλ(εως) ἔτ(ους) βξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 262
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.72 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 717, 719
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 19076
2 2     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 756
3 3     Private coll.
4 4     Ziegler 1117
5 5     Ziegler 1118