RPC VII.2, 3609

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3609
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 ϹΚΥΘΟ(Π)(Ο) ΙΕΡ ΑϹ(Υ), ΔΤ
Edition Νῦσ(α) Σκυθόπο(λις) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσυ(λος) δτʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred, inviolable, (year) 304
Reverse design Nysa seated right, holding infant Dionysus in her arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.44 g
Axis 1, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Barkay 79, 79b–d, 83
Specimens 29 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1938,1007.108
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2191 BMC 6
3 3     L: 1908,0110.2189 BMC 9
4 4     P: 233
5 5     P: Chandon de Briailles 1032
6 6     NY: 1944.100.69171 SNG 1056
7 7     NY: 1944.100.69172 SNG 1057
8 8     NY: 1961.154.148 SNG 1058
9 9     Beirut-AUB: C1895 Baramki 1, pl. VI, 2
10 10     ✸ IMJ: 14767
11 11     IMJ: 2814 Rosenberger III, 55
12 12     IMJ: 2815 Rosenberger III, 57
13 13     IMJ: 2816 Rosenberger III, 58
14 14     IMJ Sofaer 54
15 15     IMJ Sofaer 56
16 16     IMJ Sofaer 58
17 17     J-SBF Spijkerman 58
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 149
21 21     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 377
22 22     CNG EA 253, 6 Apr. 2011, lot 271
23 23     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 254
24 24     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 749
25 25     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20472
26 26     Heritage 3026, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 26137 = Heritage 3024, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 25804 = Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20471
27 27     Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 839 = Hirsch 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2833
28 28     Lindgren III, 1516
29 29     Rosenberger III, 56