RPC VII.2, 3216

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3216
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
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΩΝ ΕΤ ϚΤ
Edition Ἐπιφανέων ἔτ(ους) ϛτʹ
Translation of the Epiphaneans, of year 306
Reverse design Sarapis seated facing, head left, extending right arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.52 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obverse, all Ν are retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1899,0103.27 BMC 6
2 2     P: 543 SNG 2400
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = Leu Web 2, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 477
4 4     CNG EA 405, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 336 = CNG 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1101 = SNG Levante Supp. 426 = Schulten 26, 27 Mar. 1990, lot 877
5 5     Dorotheum, 15 Nov. 2017, lot 1333 = Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 2179
6 6     Sincona AG 10, 27 May 2013, lot 305 = Sincona AG 6, 23 May 2012, lot 208
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = N&N London Online 15, 15 Apr. 2023, lot 252