RPC VII.2, 3540

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3540
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 ΑΝΤΟ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΕΥΚΑΔΕωΝ ΖΟϹ
Reverse design male figure wearing Phrygian cap and holding sceptre, head left, right hand raised, standing facing in quadriga
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5, 7–8: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2559
2 2     ✸ L: 1888,0512.2 BMC 6
3 3     P: Y 23045.45
4 4     P: Chandon de Briailles 1156
5 5     B: 18259447, Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.66171
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = ex M. Mihalka coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 214