RPC VII.2, 3196

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3196
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ(ΕΩϹ), ΑΞϹ ΕΤ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως αξσʹ ἔτ(ους)
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, year 261
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and leaning against lyre placed on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.33 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 690–2
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Istanbul: 859/40
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Lindgren III, 786
5 5     Righetti coll.
6 6     ✸ SNG vA 5502
7 7     Zeus Budget 10, 12 July 2020, lot 374
8 8     Ziegler 1111
9 9     Ziegler 1112 = Schulten Oct. 1986, lot 734
10 10     Savoca Coins Blue 196th Weekly Blue, 17 Feb. 2024, lot 365