RPC VII.2, 3611

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3611
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 ϹΕΒ
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘ ΙΕ, ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσα Σκυθόπολις ἱερὰ δτʹ Νῦσ(α) Σκυθ(όπολις) ἱε(ρὰ) δτʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, (year) 304
Reverse design Demeter and Kore-Persephone standing facing each other, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 70
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 71
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Lindgren III, 1517