RPC VII.2, 3534

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3534
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Claudia Leucas
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΟϹ = 277
Dating AD 239/40
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 front
Reverse inscription ΛΕΥΚΑΔΕωΝ ΖΟϹ
Edition Λευκαδέων ζοσʹ
Translation of the Leucadians, 277
Reverse design turreted bust of Tyche left in shrine with four columns; upper part of river god swimming below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2558
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66167
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66166
4 4     O: Milne