RPC VII.2, 3611

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3611
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΔΤ = 304
Dating AD 240/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘ ΙΕ, ΔΤ
Reverse design Demeter and Kore-Persephone standing facing each other, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Barkay —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 70
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 71
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Lindgren III, 1517