RPC VII.2, 2193

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2193
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Patara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) 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 front
Reverse inscription ΠΑΤΑΡΕωΝ
Edition Παταρέων
Translation of the Patarians
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing statue of Apollo, holding laurel branch and bow; at his feet, raven; behind, tripod entwined with serpent; eagle in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 217–21
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4–7, 10: same obv. die as 2184/4, 20, 24, 2186/1–4, 2192/2, 5–6. 8: same obv. die as 2183/1–3, 2184/1–3, 7, 11–12, 14, 16–17, 19, 25.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p124.1.G BMC 17 = vA Lykien, 217
2 2     B: 18273074, I-B KM p. 307, no. 2 = vA Lykien, 218
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.50729 vA Lykien, 220
4 4     A SNG Soutzos 1595 = Svoronos JIAN 7 (1904), p. 385, no. 251 = vA Lykien, 219
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1505
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Lindgren III, A632a = Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 266
8 8     Private coll. = Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 860 (ex Boston MFA) = vA Lykien, 221
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, lot 554
10 10     Schenk-Behrens 75, 4 June 1998, lot 479