RPC VII.1, 182

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 182
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΝΕΝΚΛΗΤΟΥ ΖωϹΙΜΟΥ ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀνενκλήτου Ζωσίμου Ἀκρασιωτῶν
Translation under strategos Anenkletos, son of Zosimos, of the Acrasians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.54 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 181/1, 185.1/1 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 185.2/2–4 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 186.1/1 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 186.3/2 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 433/2–4 (Hypaepa).
Note On the rev., the last Ν is retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 605/1895
2 2     ✸ L: 1895,0508.3 BMC 40
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     GM 588 (Imhoof)