RPC VII.1, 165.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 165.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Claudius Glykon, son of Rufinianus (strategos, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ Γ ΚΛ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΙΑΝΟ ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Γ(αΐου) Κλ(αυδίου) Γλύκωνος Ῥουφεινιανο(ῦ) ἱππικοῦ Περγαμηνῶν γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Gaius Claudius Glykon, son of Rufinianus, of equestrian rank, of the Pergamenes, thrice neocorate
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.75 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 164/1–2, 176.1/1–2.
Note The coin listed as RPC VII.1, 165/6 (McClean 7737) is a coin of Epiphanea, Cilicia.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 509
2 2     Mu
3 3     ✸ V: GR 37359
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 24
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.