RPC VII.2, 3615

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3615
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Gaza
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΤΒ = 302
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(ΟΚ) Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(ωΝ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΑΖΑΙωΝ, ΕΤ Ι ΤΒ
Reverse design Marnas standing left, raising right arm, holding thunderbolt; in the centre, sign of Marnas (מ); on the right, Nike on column crowning Marnas
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Farhi 299b
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1864 BMC 147
2 2     B: 18218135, 1899/933
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69090 SNG 959
4 4     IMJ: 948
5 5     IMJ: 2568 Rosenberger II, 190
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 222
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 223
8 8     Agora I (Tel Aviv), 1974, lot 159
9 9     CGT coll. = Rauch 34, Jan. 1985, lot 238
10 10     ✸ CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 855
11 11     M&M Basel 32, 1966, lot 380 = M&M AG, list 293, Oct. 1968, lot 46
12 12     Trade (Shick Coins, Vcoins, 2016)
13 13     Yashin 482