RPC VII.2, 2895

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2895
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Reverse design Aphrodite standing right, holding mirror, between two small Erotes, standing facing each other, each holding a long torch with both hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 2602
2 2     Cast in Winterthur
3 3     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1141 = CNG, New York Sale 2, 2 Dec. 1999, lot 157 = Aufhäuser 4, 7 Oct. 1987, lot 413
4 4     Falghera 2202
5 5     Hirsch 182, 4 May 1994, lot 945
6 6     ✸ Roma Numismatics EΑ 9, 28 June 2014, lot 306