RPC VII.2, 2746

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2746
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription FORTVNA COL CES ANTIOCEV (sic), S R
Reverse design Fortuna of Antioch standing left, holding patera over altar and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Krzyżanowska XXVIII/106 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Krzyżanowska describes the object held by Fortuna in her r. hand as a cornucopia, but it seems to be only a poorly engraved patera. The last V on the reversed is inverted (as Λ).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273782, I-B
2 2     A: 577
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 256