RPC VII.1, 4

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 4
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Artemidoros (strategos and asiarch)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤ Π ΑΙΛ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by serpents, right, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1973.7 M&M AG 47, 1972, lot 491