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VII.2, 3509
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3509
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 Ϲ
Ε
Β
Nominative
Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus tribunicia potestate consul II
Obverse design
laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, holding spear resting on shoulder and shield (decorated with Medusa head)
Reverse inscription
ΔΗΜΑΡΧ
Ε
Ξ 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
28 mm
Axis
12
Reference
Bland 1991b, 22; Prieur 300; McAlee 885
Specimens
3 (0 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
B. Michaux coll. = Iskenderun hoard, Bland 1991c, p. 21, no. 291
27
11.13
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2
2
✸
CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 316 = Lanz 68, 6 June 1994, lot 660
28.5
11.79
12
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3
3
CNG Triton XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 725
28
12.23
12
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