RPC VII.2, 2184

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2184
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Patara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΑΤΑΡ(Ε)ωΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and bow; in front, raven on omphalos; behind, tripod entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 193–5, 197–204
Specimens 25 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 7, 11–12, 14, 16–17, 19, 25: same obv. die as 2183/1–3, 2193/8. 4, 20, 24: same obv. die as 2186/1–4, 2192/2, 5–6, 2193/1–2, 4–7, 10.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0703.51 BMC 14 = vA Lykien, 198
2 2     L: 1845,1217.29 BMC 15 = vA Lykien, 194
3 3     P: 250 vA Lykien, 193
4 4     P vA Lykien, 204
5 5     B: 18273071, Löbb. vA Lykien, 199
6 6     Cop SNG 117 = vA Lykien, 195
7 7     O vA Lykien, 201
8 8     St Petersburg vA Lykien, 200
9 9     Baldwin's = vA Lykien, 203
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = Leu Web 5, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 514
12 12     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 272
13 13     Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35025
14 14     Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 4232 (Rhousopoulus) = vA Lykien, 202
15 15     Hirsch 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2824
16 16     Hirsch 98, June 1976, lot 2861 = Auctiones AG 12, 29 Sept. 1981, lot 234 = M&M Numismatics 1, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 218 = Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 365 (Righetti coll.) = NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1304
17 17     Lanz 54, 1990, lot 847
18 18     Patara excavations Etüd. no. 14 = Özüdoğru 73, pl. IX
19 19     Roma Numismatics EA 18, 27 June 2015, lot 697
20 20     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 61, 22 Aug. 2019, lot 531
21 21     Roma Numismatics EA 61, 22 Aug. 2019, lot 532
22 22     Savoca EA 34 Silver, 16 June 2019, lot 254
23 23     SNG vA 4385 = vA Lykien, 197
24 24     C. Rhodes coll.
25 25     C. Rhodes coll.