RPC VII.2, 3605

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3605
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 Ϲ(Ε)(Β)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟ(Π)(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ, ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσ(α) Σκυθόπο(λις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσυ(λος) δτʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, inviolable, (year) 304
Reverse design Nysa seated right, holding infant Dionysus in her arms; at right, cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.96 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Barkay 80, 82
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2190 BMC 7
2 2     L: 1888,0512.8 BMC 8
3 3     B: 18275095, Löbb.
4 4     Beirut-AUB: C1897 Baramki 3
5 5     Beirut-AUB: C1898 Baramki 4, pl. VI, 3
6 6     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 57
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 58/2
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.