RPC VII.2, 2642

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2642
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Lyrbe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Watson 660
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 2629/1–3, 2630/1–4, 6–7, 12–15, 17, 2633/1, 2637/1–3, 2639/1–11, 2640/1–2, 2643/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 3
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 134, Mar. 2006, lot 219 = SNG Levante 274
3 3     Savoca 106 Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 640