RPC VII.1, 189

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 189
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Artemis-Selene-Hecate, crescent at shoulders, advancing right, a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 190/1, 193/1–6, 194/1–11, 195/1–5. 1–11: same rev. die as 193/1–6.
Note On the rev., the Ν is retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.61 BMC 139
2 2     NY: 1944.100.49514
3 3     Righetti coll.
4 4     P: Delepierre 1966.543
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1312
6 6     Mu SNG 685
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     Zurich: 903/19
9 9     P: 1555 Wa 5378
10 10     ✸ V: GR 33983
11 11     J. Hirsch 21, 1908, lot 3400 = cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
12 12     Afyon: 1440
13 13     Afyon: 5347
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.