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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 228 Wa 4151 = SNG 2105
2 2     NY: 1950.76.8
3 3     NY: 1944.100.53082
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 225
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 226
6 6     Bern SNG Righetti 1506
7 7     Freiburg: 12077
8 8     Washington
9 9     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Missere 520
11 11     Münzzentrum Rheinland 157, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 352
12 12     Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1086 = Fischer 168, 17 May 2019, lot 143
13 13     Private coll.
14 14     SNG Levante 1486 = SNG vA 8668 = CNG EA 129, 21 Dec. 2005, lot 206
15 15     Tahberer 421
16 16     Tahberer 422
17 17     Ziegler 1116