RPC VII.2, 3533

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3533
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Claudia Leucas
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΟϹ = 275
Dating AD 238
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 ΛΕΥΚΑΔΕωΝ ΕΟϹ
Edition Λευκαδέων εοσʹ
Translation of the Leucadians, 275
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, resting club on ground and holding apples and lion skin in outstretched left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.25 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0715.399 BMC 7
2 2     P: 225
3 3     P: Y 28359.8
4 4     B: 18259445, Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66172
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 122
8 8     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 736