RPC VII.2, 3218

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3218
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΒϘΡ = 192
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΝΤω(ΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΕΤ ΒϘΡ
Edition Εἰρηνοπολειτῶν ἔτ(ους) βϙρʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, of year 192
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.20 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 138, 140–1
Specimens 33 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 8–11, 15, 18–19, 22, 24, 27, 31: same pair of dies. 5–7, 12, 20, 26, 28–9, 32: same pair of dies. 13, 17, 23: same pair of dies. 1–4, 8–11, 13, 15, 17–19, 22–5, 27, 31: same obv. die as 3221/1. 5–7, 12, 20, 26, 28–9, 32: same obv. die as 3220/1–4.
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