RPC VII.2, 3607

 

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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)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟ(Π)(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσα Σκυθόπολις ἱερὰ ἄσυλος δτʹ Νῦσ(α) Σκυθόπο(λις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ(υλος) δτʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, inviolable, (year) 304
Reverse design Nysa seated right, holding infant Dionysus in her arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.62 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 79a
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ: 2813 Rosenberger III, 54
2 2     ✸ Barkay 79a = A. Koren coll.