RPC VII.2, 3219

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3219
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 ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΕΤ ΒϘΡ
Edition Εἰρηνοπολειτῶν ἔτους βϙρʹ Εἰρηνοπολειτῶν ἔτ(ους) βϙρʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, of year 192
Reverse design confronted busts of Helios, radiate and draped, right, and Selene, draped, left, on crescent; all within zodiac circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 421, 30 May 2018, lot 454