PISIDIA. Cremna. Gordian III, 238-244. 'Sestertius' (Bronze, 34 mm, 18.54 g, 1 h). IMP CAESARI M ANTONIO GORDIANO P F AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind. Rev. AVG EEILCI (sic!) CREMNENSIVM COL F AG Serapis seated facing, head to left, extending his right hand to three-headed Kerberos seated next to him and holding scepter in his left. RPC VII.2 online ID 20894.6 (this coin). SNRIS Cremna 01.8 (this coin). Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 1351-1356. An attractive example with a fine pedigree. Very fine.


Cremna lay on a rocky plateau some 250 m above the Cestrus valley, a dominating and easily defendible site to which the name alludes (from Gr. κρῆμνος = 'crags'). The city became a Latin colony named Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Cremnensium under Augustus and subsequently issued its own coins with Latin legends. The 'EEILCI' on the reverse of our example is a blundered version of FELICI.