RPC VII.2, 3511

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3511
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 head of Gordian III, right
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 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 13; Prieur 291; McAlee 876
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18256757, 1912/1087
2 2     CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 308 = Prieur coll.