RPC VII.2, 3209

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3209
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Epiphanea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ϚΤ = 306
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΩΝ ΕΤ ϚΤ
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obverse, all Ν are retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897,0503.50 BMC 5
2 2     Cop SNG 132
3 3     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 192