RPC VII.2, 2736

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2736
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AV(G)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription CAES ANTIOCH COL, S R
Reverse design temple with stairs and six columns enclosing Mên standing right, wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing right, on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to left, cock standing, left; in front of the temple, barrier (?); pediment surmounted by eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Krzyżanowska XVIII/81, XIX/81
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1974,0102.37 Price & Trell p. 146, fig. 265
2 2     B: 18248537, Löbb.
3 3     B: 18248538, I-B
4 4     Mu
5 5     Istanbul