RPC VII.2, 2528

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2528
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 1, with nominative
Dating AD 238–41
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙωΝ
Edition Ἀσπενδίων
Translation of the Aspendians
Reverse design two wrestlers grasping each other’s arms; below, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.44 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Watson 568
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 136 Wa 3247 = SNG 189
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 105
3 3     ✸ B. Michaux coll. = Solidus 129, 20 Feb. 2024, lot 18
4 4     B. Michaux coll. = Bucephalus 37, 13 Apr. 2024, lot 773