RPC VII.2, 3527

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3527
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Paltus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖϘΥ = 497
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΖϘΥ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding Nike and shield, cradling spear; serpent at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 26–9
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0909.244
2 2     P: Y 28045.105
3 3     P: M 5589
4 4     P: Y 23879.216
5 5     P: Y 23879.215
6 6     NY: 1944.100.66524
7 7     Lindgren III 1207