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VII.2, 3596
Image of specimen #4
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3596
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3596
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) Ι
Ε
Ρ 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, cantharus
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
24 mm
Average weight
12.09 g
Axis
11, 12
Reference
Barkay 87–8
Specimens
4 (1 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: 1907,0503.3
BMC 13
24
13.34
11
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2
2
Beirut-AUB: C1899
Baramki 5, pl. VI, 4
22
10.66
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3
3
J-SBF
Spijkerman 59
24
12.72
12
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4
4
✸
B. Michaux coll.
24.2
11.63
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