RPC VII.2, 2896

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2896
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβασ(τός)
Translation Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔ(ΝΩ), ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶ(ν) πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus river, free
Reverse design Aphrodite standing right, holding mirror, between two small Erotes, standing facing each other, each holding a long torch with both hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 17.72 g
Axis 6
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2622 SNG vA 5840
2 2     P: 962 SNG 1020
3 3     B: 18273923, Löbb.
4 4     Cop SNG 215 = Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 2226
5 5     ✸ O: Spink
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1075 = Nollé, Götter p. 26, no. 20
7 7     Bern: N/82.1627 SNG Righetti 1627
8 8     Winterthur: G 6749 ex coll. H., 1985
9 9     CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 256
10 10     CNR 18/1, 1993, lot 365 = Gorny & Mosch 60, 5 Oct. 1992, lot 530
11 11     Falghera 2203
12 12     M&M AG 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 645
13 13     Münzzentrum 103, 23 June 2000, lot 158 = Ziegler 491 = Reuß coll.
14 14     SNG Levante Supp. 202