RPC VII.2, 3516

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3516
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
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 6, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 16; Prieur 294; McAlee 879
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.66065
2 2     NY: 1943.128.27
3 3     V: GR 21262
4 4     Yale: 1938.6000.690 Dura Hoard 7 = Dura Final Report 381
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 388, 14 Dec. 2016, lot 293
6 6     Emporium Hamburg 84, 2 Mar. 2019, lot 279 = VAuctions Pars 10, 16 Nov. 2020, lot 198 = VAuctions Pars 13, 1 Mar. 2021, lot 72
7 7     Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3042, 17 Sept. 2015, lot 32167
8 8     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1456
9 9     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1909
10 10     Prieur coll. = Burgan, 24 May 1986, lot 411
11 11     Savoca London 7 Blue, 16 Nov. 2019, lot 546
12 12     Stack's, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 184 = Stack's, 14 Dec. 2004, lot 479