RPC VII.2, 3509

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3509
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Issue III, officina with ram left
Dating AD 242–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus tribunicia potestate consul II
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, holding spear resting on shoulder and shield (decorated with Medusa head)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak; tail to left; between eagle's legs, ram running left with head turned back; crescent above ram's head
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 22; Prieur 300; McAlee 885
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = Iskenderun hoard, Bland 1991c, p. 21, no. 291
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 316 = Lanz 68, 6 June 1994, lot 660
3 3     CNG Triton XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 725