RPC VII.1, 11.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 11.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Num— Seleukos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ Τ ΝΟΥΜ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Τ(ίτου) Νουμ(—) Σελευκοῦ Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation of the strategos Titus Num— Seleukos, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.67 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 6/2, 9/1. 1–2, 6: same rev. die as 11.2/3–5, 12/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Schlessinger 1935, lot 1194
2 2     ✸ P: 514 SNG 835 = Wa 760
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 106
7 7     Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2124