RPC VII.2, 3626

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3626
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΓΤ = 303
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Σ<ε>β(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕΩΝ, ΓΤ
Edition Πομπ(ηιέων) Γαδαρέων γτʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarenes, (year) 303
Reverse design galley right with captain, oarsmen, and steersman
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.91 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 96
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18260782, 1888/205
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69369 SNG 1338
3 3     IMJ: 4435 Rosenberger IV, 89
4 4     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 104
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 96
6 6     Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1119
7 7     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 329
8 8     Goldberg 70, 4 Sept. 2012, lot 3145 = Goldberg 60, 21 Sept. 2010, lot 2333