RPC VII.2, 2919

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2919
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑΤΟϹ (sic)
Nominative Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ Κ(ΑΛΥΚ)(ΑΔΝ)
Reverse design Athena advancing right, brandishing spear, holding shield, attacking serpent-footed giant hurling stone with right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 25 (9 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1888,0517.7 BMC 38
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2623 SNG vA 5842
3 3     B: 18273915, I-B
4 4     B: 18273914, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18273911, Fox
6 6     B: 18273916, 1914/141
7 7     C
8 8     Cop SNG 216
9 9     NY: 1944.100.54213
10 10     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1068 = Nollé, Götter p. 19, no. 9
11 11     Münster: M 1318
12 12     Winterthur: G 4641 GrMW III, 361
13 13     Athena 2, 4 Oct. 1988, lot 441 = M&M FPL 577, July 1994, lot 19
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 887
16 16     CNG EA 68, 9 July 2003, lot 178
17 17     CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1198 = CNG 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1123 = SNG Levante 763
18 18     M&M Deutschland 1, 16 Sept. 1997, lot 451 = Ziegler 499
19 19     Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 471
20 20     Nomos obolos 4, 21 Feb. 2016, lot 726
21 21     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 462
22 22     R. Aquistapace coll.
23 23     Tahberer 1214
24 24     Ziegler 497
25 25     Ziegler 498