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Gordian III Æ 33mm of Pompeiopolis, Cilicia. Dated year 308 = AD 242/3. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; Π-Π across fields / ΠOMΠHIOΠOΠOΛЄITΩN (sic!), Dionysus standing facing slightly to left, holding cantharus from which he pours libations, and thyrsus; HT (date) in left field, [panther] to left at feet. SNG Levante 894 (same dies); SNG BnF 1251 (same dies); RPC VII.2, 2964. 18.18g, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine; some pitting. Very Rare.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
From a private US collection;
Ex Prof. Thomas O. Mabbott Collection, Hans M.F. Schulman Gallery, Auktion 64, 6 June 1969, lot 2210;
Ex Theodor Prowe Collection Part II, Brüder Egger, Auction XLVI, 11 May 1914, lot 2244.
This coin displays an unusual die-engraver's error - the city ethnic has an extra syllable!
Very Fine; some pitting. Very Rare.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
From a private US collection;
Ex Prof. Thomas O. Mabbott Collection, Hans M.F. Schulman Gallery, Auktion 64, 6 June 1969, lot 2210;
Ex Theodor Prowe Collection Part II, Brüder Egger, Auction XLVI, 11 May 1914, lot 2244.
This coin displays an unusual die-engraver's error - the city ethnic has an extra syllable!