RPC VII.2, 3595

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3595
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟ ΙΕ, ΔΤ
Reverse design Demeter and Kore-Persephone standing facing each other, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 96
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20475 = Superior Galleries, 30 May 1990, lot 7001