RPC VII.2, 3596

 

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Coin type
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) 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, 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1907,0503.3 BMC 13
2 2     Beirut-AUB: C1899 Baramki 5, pl. VI, 4
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
4 4     ✸ B. Michaux coll.