RPC VII.2, 3528


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Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3528
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	Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin and trident, on basis
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 30
Specimens	8 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1975,0411.174	Schulmann NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2584	25	10.59	6	Show
2	2	P: Y 28641			13.08	12	Show
3	3	P: Y 28045.104			10.32	12	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.66522		26.8	11.32	12	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.66520		25.9	10.42	12	Show
6	6	O: Bouchier		26	9.88	12	Show
7	7		Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1128	26	10.43		Show
8	8		Private coll.	26.2	12.67	11	Show