RPC VII.2, 3178

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3178
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΝϹ = 257
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[Τ Κ] Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Β, ΕΤ ΖΝϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδ(όξου) μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) ζνσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, glorious metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), year 257
Reverse design athlete (?) holding palm branch and crowning himself seated right, facing male figure with pointed hat seated left, on rock, holding fish trap (?); between them, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 31.85 g
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos,
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 518