RPC VII.2, 3514

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3514
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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate 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
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπα(τος) τὸ βʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
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 26 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 21; Prieur 299; McAlee 884
Specimens 17 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1989,0413.1
2 2     B: 18256747, 1931/1168
3 3     Madrid
4 4     Yale: 1938.6000.695 Dura hoard 10 = Dura Final Report 380
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 103, 6 June 2021, lot 432
7 7     cgb.fr e-Monnaies, 1 Mar. 2016, lot 108
8 8     cgb.fr Live, 8 Dec. 2020, lot 151
9 9     CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 261
10 10     CNG EA 331, 23 July 2014, lot 184
11 11     CNG EA 451, 4 Sept. 2019, lot 324
12 12     ✸ Gemini IX, 9 Jan. 2012, lot 514 = CNG 102, 18 May 2016, lot 749
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 2067 = CNG EA 389, 18 Jan. 2017, lot 465
14 14     Grün 75, 13 Nov. 2018, lot 323 = Solidus Winter 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 267 = Leu WA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 929
15 15     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1466 = Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 534
16 16     M&M AG FPL 573, Mar. 1994, lot 1
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 67, 6 Feb. 2020, lot 677