RPC VII.2, 3186

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3186
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ(Α)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβα(στός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔ(ΟΞ) ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π), Γ Β, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 261
Reverse design male figure with pointed hat seated left, on rock, holding fish trap (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.37 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 10, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 697–9
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)

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