RPC VII.2, 2912

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2912
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβασ(τός)
Translation Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶ(ν) πρός τῷ Καλυκά(δνῳ) Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus river, free
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.60 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1888,0517.6 BMC 36
2 2     ✸ P: 966 SNG 1017 = Wa 4473
3 3     P: 965 SNG 1018 = Wa 4472
4 4     Mu
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1076
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 463
8 8     CGT coll. = Schulten, 2 June 1982, lot 1066 = Ziegler 489 = Burbach coll.
9 9     Hirsch 208, 17 Feb. 2000, lot 2254
11 11     Tahberer 1220
12 12     Ziegler 490 = Karbach coll.
13 13     private coll.