RPC VII.2, 3490

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3490
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Issue I
Dating AD 238–40
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus tribunicia potestate
Obverse design radiate head of Gordian III, left, with drapery on right shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak; tail to left
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 6; Prieur 284; McAlee 865
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same obv. die as 3506/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Christ Church
2 2     ✸ Freiburg: 12350
3 3     Yale: 1938.6000.687 Dura Final Report 375
4 4     C. Morand coll.
5 5     Emporium Hamburg 84, 2 Mar. 2019, lot 276
6 6     Trade (eBay, 2016)