RPC VII.2, 3599

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3599
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΔΤ = 304
Dating AD 240/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Ϲ)(Ε)(Β)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘ(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ, ΔΤ
Reverse design Dionysus advancing right, holding thyrsus; in front, small Satyr; behind, panther standing left, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 5, 7, 11, 12
Reference Barkay 86
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 22539
2 2     IMJ: 16240
3 3     IMJ: 16239
4 4     IMJ Sofaer 60
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 61
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 62
7 7     J-MJA
8 8     Falghera 2228
9 9     Z. Zur coll.