RPC VII.2, 2286

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2286
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Arycanda
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΥΚΑΝΔΕωΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing left, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 38–9
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6: same pair of dies. 1–3, 6: same obv. die as 2281/1–2, 2288/1, 13. 1–3, 6: same rev. die as 2285/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 40 vA Lykien, 39
2 2     ✸ Boston: 1984.248 Waddell 1, 1982, lot 417
3 3     Rome vA Lykien, 38
4 4     Arycanda excavations (ARY 90–127) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 961
5 5     Arycanda excavations (ARY 94–106) = Tek, Arykanda 2002, no. 962
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.