RPC VII.1, 569.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 569.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus) ; Balbinus (Augustus) ; Gordian III (Caesar)
Magistrate Secundus (archiprytanis)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΚΛ ΠΟΥΠΙΗΝΟϹ Κ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Κ ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus et Caesar Antonius Gordianus Caesar et Imperator Caesar Caelius Balbinus
Obverse design confronted busts of Pupienus, laureate and draped, right, and Balbinus, laureate and draped, left; between, bare-headed, draped bust of Gordian III Caesar, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ϹΕΚΟΥΝΔ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding stag and bow; at his feet, lighted altar; on either side of the temple, athlete carrying torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 568/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1925
2 2     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 514