RPC VII.2, 2624

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2624
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Lyrbe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Watson 630
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–7: same pair of dies. 2–3: same pair of dies. 1, 4–7: same obv. die as 2463/1–4 (Etenna), 2464/1 (Etenna), 2603/3, 7–9, 2605/1–10, 2614/1–2, 2615/2, 2617/1, 3–4, 2622/2–4, 6, 8, 2623/2, 2625/1–2, 2626/2, 5–6, 2663/1–3, 6 (Casae), 2664/1 (Casae), 2666/1 (Casae). 2–3: same obv. die as 2600/1–9, 2602/1–2, 2603/2, 5–6, 2606/1–5, 2607/1, 2608/1–2, 2609/1, 2610/1–3, 2611/1, 2612/1, 2613/1, 2615/1, 2617/2, 2618/1–4, 2619/1–2, 2620/1, 2621/1–4, 2623/1, 2626/1, 4, 7–11, 2627/1–3. 8: same obv. die as 2603/1, 4, 2604/1, 2622/1, 5, 2626/3. 2–3, 8: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1981,0912.24 M&M 13, 17 June 1954, lot 914 = Schulmann NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2177
2 2     P: 686 SNG 510 = Wa 4346
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 891
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 2522
5 5     CNG EA 348, Apr. 2015, lot 519
6 6     HI coll.
7 7     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2906 = van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3388
8 8     Münzzentrum 128, ! June 2005, lot 234