RPC VII.1, 185.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 185.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Alkimos Philobakchos (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 ΑΛΚΙΜΟΥ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀλκίμου Στρατονεικέων Ἁδριανοπο(λιτῶν)
Translation under Alkimos, of the Stratonicean Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 7.74 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 181/1 (Acrasus), 182/1–3 (Acrasus), 185.2/2–4, 186.1/1, 186.3/2, 433/2–4 (Hypaepa).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM 629
2 2     CGT coll. = Lanz eBay, Apr. 2020