RPC VII.1, 11.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 11.2
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
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 37 mm
Average weight 21.70 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–5: same pair of dies. 3–5: same obv. die as 10/1. 3–5: same rev. die as 11.1/1–2, 6, 12/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42863 Egger, 28 Nov. 1904 (Prowe I), lot 123
4 4     L: 1961,0301.186
5 5     location unsure, quoted by Kraft pl. 50, no. 25 as Vienna