RPC VII.2, 3603

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3603
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 ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΙΕΡ Α(Ϲ)(Υ) ΔΤ
Edition Νυσ(αέων) Σκυθοπολειτῶν ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσυ(λος) δτʹ
Translation of the Nysaean Scythopolitans, the sacred, inviolable (city), (year) 304
Reverse design inscription in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Barkay 92b/1, 92c–e
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 231
2 2     B: 18275098, Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.69168 SNG 1053
4 4     IMJ: 2810 Rosenberger III, 53
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 65
6 6     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 66
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 62/1
8 8     J-SBF Spijkerman 62/2
9 9     J-SBF Spijkerman 62/3
10 10     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 243
11 11     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 378
12 12     CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 201
13 13     NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1961
14 14     Roma Numismatics EA 13, 29 Nov. 2014, lot 302