RPC VII.1, 179

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 179
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Acrasus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Anenkletos, son of Zosimos (strategos)
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 ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΕΝΚΛΗΤΟΥ ΖωϹΙΜΟΥ ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀνενκλήτου Ζωσίμου Ἀκρασιωτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Anenkletos, son of Zosimos, of the Acrasians
Reverse design Dionysus advancing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.98 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 192.1/1–2 (Thyatira), 219/1, 3 (Saitta), 234.1/1–2 (Sardis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1892,0507.7 BMC 39
2 2     P: 34