RPC VII.2, 3612

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3612
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 ϹΕ(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 ϹΚΥΘΟ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ, ΔΤ
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Barkay 95
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 69
2 2     J-MJA Barkay 95
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20476
4 4     Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1386