RPC VII.1, 613.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 613.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ ΜΑ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias right between seated priestess and fountain (?); in upper field, two Erotes flying towards her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald 181, R412b
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 613.2/2–3, 614/1–2, 615/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1848 SNG vA 2461