RPC VII.2, 2345

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2345
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Corydalla
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ(Α)
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lykien, 64–9
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same obv. die as 2300/1–3 (Acalissus), 2304/1 (Acalissus), 2305/1 (Acalissus), 2340/1–6, 2341/1, 2342/4, 2343/1, 3, 2346/1. 4, 7–9: same obv. die as 2342/1–3, 2343/2, 4.
Note vA Lykien, 64-5 are described by vA as sharing obv. die with Rhodiapolis (vA, Lykien, 287-8). Dies are indeed very similar, but probably not identical.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 68 Wa 3040 = vA Lykien, 68
2 2     B: 18273474, I-B vA Lykien, 67
3 3     ✸ C: Mossop
4 4     Mu vA Lykien, 64
5 5     A: Σ.Μ. 1904/05, ΙϚ', 83 Svoronos, JIAN 6 (1903), p. 188, no. 83 (Mavromichali) = vA Lykien, 69
6 6     Bern: 91.5 Kapossy 68
7 7     V-Schottenstift: II 3577 vA Lykien, 65
8 8     Baldwin's = vA Lykien, 66
9 9     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 233 = British Museum, Hecht filing cards