RPC VII.2, 3608

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3608
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟ(Π)(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ, ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσ(α) Σκυθόπο(λις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσυ(λος) 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 24 mm
Average weight 11.20 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Barkay 84
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2188 BMC 10
2 2     B: 18275093, 1875/207
3 3     IMJ: 16238
4 4     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 175
5 5     CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 203
6 6     CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 204
7 7     CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 399
8 8     Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1385
9 9     ✸ Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 248 = Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 319
10 10     Brisbane: 2587
11 11     B. Michaux coll.
12 12     Nomos Obolos Webauction 33, 8 Sept. 2024, lot 891