RPC VII.2, 2273

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2273
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Podalia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 ΠΟΔΑΛΙωΤωΝ
Edition Ποδαλιωτῶν
Translation of the Podalians
Reverse design Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre placed on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.64 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 282–3
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 2274/1. 5: same rev. die as 2275/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2361 SNG vA 4448 = vA Lykien 283
2 2     B: 18273679, Fox vA Lykien, 282
3 3     ✸ Bern: N/82.1241 SNG Righetti 1241
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 590
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch 176, 10 Mar. 2009, lot 1707