RPC VII.1, 18

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 18
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Hephaestus seated right in front of anvil, brandishing hammer and forging thunderbolt or metal bar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.90 g
Axis 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 7.1/1–2, 5, 15/1–3, 16/1, 17/1, 20.1/1–5, 20.2/6. 1–2: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 516 SNG 843
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Leu EA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 961