RPC VII.1, 20.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 20.1
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 two torches entwined by serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.04 g
Axis 1, 2
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 7.1/1–2, 5, 15/1–3, 16/1, 17/1, 18/2, 20.2/6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42867
2 2     P: 527 SNG 841
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42866
4 4     G Hunter 36 = SNG 1220
5 5     L: 1919,0417.154