RPC VII.2, 2255

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2255
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Myra
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 ΜΥΡΕωΝ
Edition Μυρέων
Translation of the Myrans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, on base decorated with crouching bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.83 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 176–7
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2221/1 (Aperlae), 2223/1 (Aperlae), 2224/1–2 (Aperlae), 2242/1, 2252/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18200840, 1914/673 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1920 = vA Lykien, 176
2 2     O: Robinson vA Lykien, 177