RPC VII.2, 2222

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2222
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Aperlae
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΑΠΕΡΛΕΙΤωΝ
Edition Ἀπερλείτων Ἀπερλείτων
Translation of the Aperlaeans
Reverse design lighted (?) altar set on podium, decorated with garland and surmounted by baldachin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.10 g
Axis 1
Reference vA Lykien, 16
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2231/2–3 (Cyaneae). 1: same rev. die as 2221/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18273550, 1910/323 vA Lykien, 16