RPC VII.2, 3598

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3598
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, ΤΔ
Edition Νῦσ(α) Σκυθό(πολις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ(υλος) τδʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable, (year) 304
Reverse design Dionysus advancing right, holding thyrsus; in front, small Satyr; behind, panther standing left, head right; in front, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Barkay 89–91
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275092, Löbb.
2 2     IMJ: 2818
3 3     IMJ: 2819
4 4     IMJ: 16241 Rosenberger III, 60
5 5     IMJ: 16242 Rosenberger III, 61
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 63
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 64
8 8     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
9 9     CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 165
10 10     ✸ Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12120
11 11     Schulman, 6 June 1969, lot 2697 (Mabbott)
12 12     B. Michaux coll. = Nomos Obolos WA 33, 8 Sept. 2024, lot 892