RPC VII.2, 3221

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3221
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 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 ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΕΤ ΒϘΡ
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn; all within zodiac circle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3218/1–4, 8–11, 13, 15, 17–19, 22–5, 27, 31.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu EA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 635 = Praefectus Coins β, 28 Oct. 2023, lot 458