RPC VII.2, 3180

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3180
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΝϹ = 257
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, ΕΤ ΖΝϹ, Γ Β
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπόλ(εως) ἔτ(ους) ζνσʹ γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, glorious metropolis, of year 257, (of the) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate)
Reverse design bust of Selene in front of crescent and stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.69 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1191 = Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 2020
2 2     ✸ Leu WA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 848
3 3     Ziegler, Weitere Ergänzungen 11