RPC VII.2, 2534

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2534
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 2, with accusative
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κον) Ἀν(τώνιον) Γορδιανὸν Σε(βαστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀσπενδίων
Translation of the Aspendians
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right arm and holding transverse sceptre; at his feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.96 g
Axis 1
Reference Watson 546
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18273107, Rauch
2 2     Bern: N/82.1251 SNG Righetti 1251
3 3     Lindgren I, 1080 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4515 = SNRIS Aspendus 19/1
4 4     C. Rhodes = N&N London Green 2, 3 Oct. 2022, lot 231