RPC VII.2, 2340

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2340
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Corydalla
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΥΔΑΛΛΕωΝ
Reverse design Athena standing to front, head right, holding spear against which rests shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 70–2
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same obv. die as 2300/1–3 (Acalissus), 2304/1 (Acalissus), 2305/1 (Acalissus), 2341/1, 2342/4, 2343/1, 3, 2345/1–3, 5, 2346/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1 = vA Lykien, 70
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2345 SNG vA 4296 = vA Lykien, 71
3 3     Istanbul Hecht hoard = vA Lykien, 72
4 4     British Museum, Hecht filing cards = van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3021
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 778
6 6     Private coll.