RPC VII.2, 3160

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3160
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛωΝΙ ΜΑΛΛωΤωΝ
Reverse design Marsyas standing left, raising arm, holding wineskin over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1919,0822.6
2 2     Bern: N/82.1592 SNG Righetti 1592
3 3     C. Fontana, ‘Note su alcune monete inedite o poco conosciute della serie urbica greca coniate durante l'imperio Romano IV’, RIN 77 (1975), p. 146, no. 18
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 24 Blue, 21 Sept. 2019, lot 1029
5 5     CGT coll. = Ziegler 913 = ex Karbach coll.