I haven't posted anything for a while so I thought that I would show of this extremely
rare Gordian III from
Lycia, Phaelis.
2018.335.001,
Gordian III;
Lycia Phaselis
AE34; 24.06 g; 1h
Obverse:
ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ - ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CE;
Bust right, laureate, draped and
cuirassed.
Reverse:
ΦΑCΕΛΙ-ΤWΝ; Cultus figure of Aphrodite standing facing; fillets haning from arms; veil supported by two Erotes; at her feet to right
altar and small nude figure moving right.
Ref:
von Aulock Lycia 267, citing a single example in the British Museum,
BMC 22.
Notes: Ex G&M Auc 257, Lot 618
c.rhodes
