RPC VII.1, 222

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 222
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ
Edition Γορδιανὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος)
Translation Gordianus Emperor Caesar Marcus
Obverse design laureate bust of Gordian III, left, holding spear resting on right shoulder and shield against left shoulder (depicting emperor riding in biga, spearing fallen enemy and crowned by Nike)
Reverse inscription ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation of the Saittians
Reverse design Heracles wrestling with Nemean lion, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.73 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 18 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9, 11–14: same pair of dies. 1–9, 11–14: same obv. die as 220/1–2, 221/1–9, 223/1–10. 1–14: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tübingen SNG 3765
2 2     Falghera 2139
3 3     Lanz 78, 1996, lot 848
4 4     Mu SNG 445
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: B-I LS p. 130, no. 11
7 7     V: GR 36106 Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 1532 (Prowe III)
8 8     C
9 9     P: 1090 Wa 5193
10 10     Weber 6891
11 11     MünzZentrum 71, 1991, lot 330
12 12     L: 1892,0507.138 BMC 60
13 13     Hirsch 191, 1996, lot 1370
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2132 = Klenau June 1975, lot 4172
15 15     ✸ CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 984
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     H.I. coll.