RPC VII.2, 3519

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3519
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
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 27 mm
Average weight 11.94 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 18; Prieur 296; McAlee 873
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 724
2 2     NY: 1920.25.1
3 3     Yale: 1938.6000.691 Dura Final Report 378
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 84, 3 Mar. 2004, lot 126
6 6     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1331
7 7     Emporium Hamburg Alpha 5, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 327