RPC VII.2, 3607

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3607
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟ(Π)(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΔΤ
Reverse design Nysa seated right, holding infant Dionysus in her arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 79a
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: 2813 Rosenberger III, 54
2 2     ✸ Barkay 79a = A. Koren coll.