RPC VII.2, 3510

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3510
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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπα(τος) τὸ βʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
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
Average weight 12.86 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Bland 1991b, 15; Prieur 293; McAlee 875
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1985,0611.1
2 2     ✸ B: 18256714, Knobelsdorff
3 3     C. Morand coll.
4 4     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1465
5 5     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1455
6 6     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1908
7 7     Roma EA 9, 28 June 2014, lot 315
8 8     Roma Numismatics EA 30, 29 Oct. 2016, lot 269