RPC VII.2, 3610

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3610
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 ϹΕ(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 ΙΕΡ ΑϹ(Υ), ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσ(α) Σκυθό(πολις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσυ(λος) δτʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, inviolable, (year) 304
Reverse design Tyche standing right, holding sceptre and infant Dionysus, facing Zeus standing left, right foot on rock, raising right arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.79 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Barkay 93
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2187 BMC 11
2 2     B: 18275096, Löbb.
3 3     B: 18275097, Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69173
5 5     Beirut-AUB: C1900 Baramki 7, pl. VI, 6
6 6     IMJ: 2821 Rosenberger III, 63
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 67
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 68
9 9     J-SBF Spijkerman 57/1
10 10     J-SBF Spijkerman 57/2
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20474
13 13     ✸ V. Prokhorov coll.