Image of specimen #8 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/2766 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VII.2 |
Number | 2766 |
Province | Galatia |
Region | Lycaonia |
City | Iconium |
Reign | Gordian III |
Person (obv.) | Gordian III (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAE M ANT GORDIANVS AVG |
Edition | Imp(erator) Cae(sar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | COL AEL HAD ICONIENS, S R |
Edition | Col(onia) Ael(ia) Hadri(ana) Iconiens(ium) s(ocia) R(omanorum) |
Translation | the colony of Aelia Hadriana, Iconium, ally of the Romans |
Reverse design | founder of the colony, ploughing with bull and cow, right; in the background, two vexilla; below, harpa of Perseus |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 34 mm |
Average weight | 25.10 g |
Axis | 1, 6 |
Reference | vA Lykaonien 320–6 corr. |
Specimens | 13 (5 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 2764/1, 2768/3. |
Note | On the rev., the S is retrograde as Ƨ. |