RPC VII.2, 3183

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3183
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 head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ ΑΝΑΖ Ε ΖΝϹ
Edition Ὀλύμπια Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐ<τους> ζνσʹ
Translation Olympian (games) of Anazarbus, year 257
Reverse design agonistic crown containing palm on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.17 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 675
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 3197/1–4, 3198/1–3, 3199/1–3, 3200/1–6, 8–9, 11–13.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     Marcinkowski coll.
3 3     ✸ Savoca EA 28 Silver, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 236
4 4     SNG vA 5501 = Ziegler, Prestige 40, B46