RPC VII.2, 3615

 

Image of specimen #10

 

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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντών(ιος) 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 ΓΑΖΑΙωΝ, ΕΤ Ι ΤΒ
Edition Γαζαίων ἔτ(ους) ἱ(εροῦ) τβʹ
Translation of the Gazans, sacred year 302
Reverse design Marnas standing left, raising right arm, holding thunderbolt; in the centre, sign of Marnas (𐤌); on the right, Nike on column crowning Marnas
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
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 = 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
14 14     B. Michaux coll. = Nomos WA 33, 11 Sept. 2024, lot 908