RPC VII.2, 3537

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3537
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 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 26 mm
Average weight 12.22 g
Axis 5, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same rev. die as 3536/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 224
2 2     B: 18259434, Löbb.
3 3     Leu EA 15, 27 March 2021, lot 1531
4 4     ✸ Savoca London Monthly 5, 14 Mar. 2020, lot 529