RPC VII.2, 3536

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3536
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 ΖΟϹ
Edition Λευκαδέων ζοσʹ Λευκαδέων ζοσʹ
Translation of the Leucadians, 277
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre; either side, figure on short column, holding torch; at feet, upper part of river god swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.35 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 3537/1, 3.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.66169