RPC VII.2, 3528

 

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Coin type
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΛΤΗΝωΝ ΖϘΥ
Edition Παλτηνῶν ζϙυʹ
Translation of the Paltans, 497
Reverse design Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin and trident, on basis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.76 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 30
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.174 Schulmann NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2584
2 2     P: Y 28641
3 3     P: Y 28045.104
4 4     NY: 1944.100.66522
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66520
6 6     O: Bouchier
7 7     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1128
8 8     Private coll.
9 9     R. McAlee coll.