RPC VII.2, 2320

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2320
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Limyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΛΙΜΥΡΕωΝ ΧΡΗϹΜΟϹ
Edition Λιμυρέων χρησμός Λιμυρέων χρησμός
Translation oracle of the Limyrians
Reverse design humped bull and dog (?) facing each other, the dog (?) drinking and the bull bellowing at the oracular spring of Limyra
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.09 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Lykien, 112–13
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note vA Lykien, 113 (Baldwin's, 18.00 g) might be identical with the NY coin.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893,1004.16 BMC 10 = vA Lykien, 112
2 2     NY: 1973.191.53