RPC VII.2, 2682

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2682
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Carallia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΡΑΛΛΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition Καραλλιωτῶν
Translation of the Carallians
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.99 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Watson 576
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 2673/1–8 (Colybrassus), 2681/1–5. 1–3: same rev. die as RPC VI 5917/1, RPC VI 5923/1–2, RPC VI 5927/1–5, 7–10, RPC VIII 2162/1, RPC X 3634/1–4.
Note The last three letters of the rev. legend (ΤΩΝ) are inverted. The rev. die has been used under Elagabalus (L 1975,0411.307), Severus Alexander (SNG Pfalz 690–1), Maximinus (P SNG 574), and Philip (C Mossop).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 334 SNG 579 = Wa 4724
2 2     ✸ CNG 93, 2 May 2013, lot 865 = Leu 65, 21 May 1996, lot 450 = M&M AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 557
3 3     Ziegler 60