RPC VII.2, 3597

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3597
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 ϹΚΥΘ(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσ(α) Σκυθό(πολις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ(υλος) δτʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, inviolable, (year) 304
Reverse design Dionysus advancing right, holding thyrsus; in front, small Satyr; behind, panther standing left, head right; in front, grape bunch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Barkay 85, 85a
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2192 BMC 12
2 2     P: Y 28635.5
3 3     B: 18275090, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18275091, Rauch
5 5     NY: 1944.100.69169 SNG 1054
6 6     NY: 1944.100.69170 SNG 1055
7 7     IMJ: 2817 Rosenberger III, 59
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 59
9 9     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
10 10     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 291
11 11     CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 266
12 12     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 255
13 13     CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 283
14 14     M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 413
15 15     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 3, 30 Nov. 2013, lot 367