RPC VII.1, 185.2

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 185.2
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
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀλκίμου Στρατονεικέων
Translation under Alkimos, of the Stratoniceans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.32 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 2–4: same obv. die as 181/1 (Acrasus), 182/1–3 (Acrasus), 185.1/1, 186.1/1, 186.3/2, 433/2–4 (Hypaepa).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     Mu SNG 564
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Lausanne: 1143
5 5     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 151, 6 Apr. 2025, lot 274