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Æ30 - Gordian III ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙωΝ
| Issuer | Aspendus (Lycia et Pamphylia) |
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| Year | 238-241 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III facing right, rendered in the three-quarter frontal perspective characteristic of provincial coinage of this period. The emperor's effigy displays a radiate laurel wreath atop the head, with paludamentum over the cuirass visible at the shoulder. The encircling Greek legend runs along the periphery within a beaded border. The flan exhibits the irregular, slightly convex fabric typical of Pamphylian civic bronze issues of the mid-third century AD. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
| Reverse description | Complex mythological scene rendered across the reverse field: a seated male figure, tentatively identified as Eurystheus, seated left upon a rocky outcrop and holding a spear; to the left, a standing figure tentatively identified as Heracles facing right; to the right, a nude male figure standing right with one foot raised upon a rock and holding a spear. In the upper field an eagle is depicted, while in the lower field a humped bull crouches to the right, consistent with Pamphylian civic iconography referencing local mythological traditions. The ethnic legend of the issuing city appears in the field. |
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