RPC VII.2, 3523

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3523
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Issue III, officina with ram right
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, 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 left, with wreath in beak; tail to left; between eagle's legs, ram running right with head turned back; crescent above ram's head
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.02 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 23; Prieur 301; McAlee 880
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 1873
2 2     Mu
3 3     NY: 1995.11.863
4 4     Yale Dura, Final Report 385
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     ✸ Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 601
7 7     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2470