RPC VII.2, 2224


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	2224
Province	Lycia-Pamphylia
Region	Lycia
City	Aperlae
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	ΑΠΕΡΛΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design	temple with two columns enclosing lighted (?) altar set on podium and surmounted with baldachin
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Axis	12
Reference	vA Lykien, 19
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same obv. die as 2221/1, 2223/1, 2242/1 (Myra), 2252/1 (Myra), 2255/1–2 (Myra).

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			B: 18273551, 1878/57	Price & Trell p. 22, fig. 17 = vA Lykien, 19	31	20.27	12	Obv.: GIC 681 (N in a circle)	Show
2	2 ✸				C. Rhodes coll. = R. Reynaudo photofile, with reference to Kovacs	33.2	17.83	12	There seems to be a letter A on the altar: see introduction to Aperlae.	Show