RPC VII.2, 3518

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3518
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 laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
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 right, 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
Average weight 13.02 g
Axis 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 14; Prieur 292; McAlee 878
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1853,1006.16 BMC 500
2 2     G SNG 3051 = Hunter 284
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     C. Morand coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 139, 10 May 2006, lot 197
7 7     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 171
8 8     Emporium Hamburg 93, 4 May 2021, lot 444
9 9     Monnaies d'Antan 11, 10 May 2012, lot 279
10 10     ✸ Savoca London Blue 7, 16 Nov. 2019, lot 545 = Bertolami EA 61, 9 Sept. 2018, lot 591 = Bertolami EA 52, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 174 = Bertolami EA 41, 26 Apr. 2017, lot 277