RPC VII.2, 3218


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Volume	VII.2
Number	3218
Province	Cilicia
Region	Cilicia
Subregion	Cilicia Pedias
City	Irenopolis
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year ΒϘΡ = 192
Dating	AD 242/3
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ(Τ) 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	ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΕΤ ΒϘΡ
Edition	Εἰρηνοπολειτῶν ἔτ(ους) βϙρʹ
Translation	of the Irenopolitans, of year 192
Reverse design	Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Average weight	15.20 g
Axis	6, 7, 12
Reference	Karbach, Eirenopolis 138, 140–1
Specimens	33 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–4, 8–11, 15, 18–19, 22, 24, 27, 31: same pair of dies. 5–7, 12, 20, 26, 28–9, 32: same pair of dies. 13, 17, 23: same pair of dies. 1–4, 8–11, 13, 15, 17–19, 22–5, 27, 31: same obv. die as 3221/1. 5–7, 12, 20, 26, 28–9, 32: same obv. die as 3220/1–4.

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: AA.GR.18487			16.23	12		Show
2	2	P: 647	SNG 2270	31	19.39	6		Show
3	3	B: Löbb.		33.9	21.58	6		Show
4	4	B: Rauch		32.9	20.15	12		Show
5	5	B: 655/1878		32.2	19.33	6		Show
6	6	B: 304/1925		32.5	16.45	6		Show
7	7	C: Leake 5256		32	17.53	6	Obv.: GIC 270 (Tyche? standing)	Show
8	8	Cop	SNG 150	32	11.04	12		Show
9	9	NY: 1956.132.5		32	11.09	12	Rev.: GIC 535 (ƐΙ on reverse)	Show
10	10	O		35	12.52	6	Obv.: GIC 270 (Tyche? standing)	Show
11	11	A: 587		32	12.57	12		Show
12	12	A-KIKPE	SNG Pfalz 652	32	18.63	6		Show
13	13	A-KIKPE	SNG Pfalz 653	31	14.00	12		Show
14	14	A-KIKPE	SNG Pfalz 654	31	12.78	12		Show
15	15	A-KIKPE	SNG Pfalz 655	31	17.25	12	Rev.: GIC 535 (ƐΙ on reverse)	Show
16	16	V-ON	SNG Leypold 3413	31	13.05	12	Obv.: GIC 616 ({ΡΗΕ} (ΕΙΡΗ? = Irenopolis))	Show
17	17	Washington		34	16.84	12		Show
18	18		Beutler coll. A 63	30	9.90	6		Show
19	19		C. Rhodes coll.	31.51	16.00	12		Show
20	20		CGT coll.	30	13.44	12	Obv.: GIC 270 (Tyche? standing)	Show
21	21		CGT coll. = Themis 5, 4 Jan. 2020, lot 359	30	10.57	12	Obv.: GIC 616 ({ΡΗΕ} (ΕΙΡΗ? = Irenopolis))	Show
22	22		CGT coll. = Ziegler 1349 = ex Karbach coll.	31	10.73	12		Show
23	23		CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 209 = SNG Levante 1622 = SNG vA 5596	32	14.20	6	Obv.: GIC 616 ({ΡΗΕ} (ΕΙΡΗ? = Irenopolis))	Show
24	24 ✸		CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 478	33	15.57	6		Show
25	25		Elsen 118, 14 Sept. 2013, lot 393	33	14.65			Show
26	26		Falghera 2198	30.5	13.51			Show
27	27		Lindgren I, 1523	32	12.57	12		Show
28	28		Marcinkowski coll. 182105	32	21.40	7	Obv.: GIC 270 (Tyche? standing)	Show
29	29		Private coll.	31.3	14.59	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
30	30		B. Michaux coll.	32	11.28	12	Rev.: GIC 535 (ƐΙ on reverse)	Show
31	31		Schulten, 20 Oct. 1988, lot 942	33.9	20.23	12	Obv.: GIC 616 ({ΡΗΕ} (ΕΙΡΗ? = Irenopolis))	Show
32	32		Ziegler 1350	30.7				Show
33	33		C. Rhodes coll.	33	17.35	6	Obv.: GIC 270 (Tyche? standing)	Show