RPC VII.2, 3512

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3512
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Issue III, officina with ram left
Dating AD 242–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus tribunicia potestate consul II
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak; tail to left; between eagle's legs, ram running left with head turned back; crescent above ram's head
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 13; Prieur 291A; McAlee 877
Specimens 20 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 1874
2 2     Cop SNG 258
3 3     V: GR 21261
4 4     Yale: 1938.6000.692 Dura hoard 7 = Dura Final Report 382
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 299, 27 Mar. 2013, lot 298
9 9     Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 326
10 10     Emporium Hamburg 93, 4 May 2021, lot 443
11 11     Fischer 170, 30 Aug. 2019, lot 62 = Fischer 2, 11 Mar. 2021, lot 51 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 345
12 12     Inasta 55, 9 July 2014, lot 1297
13 13     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 920
14 14     Leu WA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 811
15 15     Numismatica Ibercoin EA 27, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 260
16 16     Roma Numismatics EA 35, 3 May 2017, lot 534
17 17     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 6, 22 Feb. 2014, lot 294
18 18     Roma Numismatics EA 6, 22 Feb. 2014, lot 295
19 19     Roma Numismatics EA 73, 23 July 2020, lot 656
20 20     Savoca London 6 Blue, 5 Oct. 2019, lot 595