RPC VII.2, 3185

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3185
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΞϹ = 261
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Γ Β, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρο(πόλεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate), of year 261
Reverse design male figure with pointed hat seated left, on rock, head right, holding fish trap (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.58 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 700–5
Specimens 24 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1838,0921.128 BMC 31
2 2     P: 227 SNG 2107
3 3     ✸ P: 229 Wa 4152 = SNG 2108
4 4     P: 230 Wa 4153 = SNG 2106
5 5     B: Knobelsdorf
6 6     NY: 2000.8.14
7 7     NY: 2000.8.12
8 8     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 223
9 9     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 224
10 10     Bern SNG Righetti 1507
11 11     Leeds-UL: 1602
12 12     Burbach coll.
13 13     Burstein coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     Falghera 2196
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2047
17 17     Lindgren I, 1441
18 18     Lindgren I, 1442
19 19     Marcinkowski coll.
20 20     Private coll.
21 21     Tahberer 420
22 22     Varesi 49, 18 Apr. 2007, lot 927
23 23     Ziegler 1114
24 24     Ziegler 1115