RPC VII.1, 12A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 12A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Lepidus (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΛΕΠΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Λέπιδου Κυζικητῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of strategos Lepidus, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by serpents, right, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.20 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 12/1–3.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll.