RPC VII.1, 206.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 206.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Cadi
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Iulius Demetrios Ummidius (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ Ι ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΟΥΜ ΑΡΧ Α ΕΡΜΟϹ ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design river god Hermos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 204/1–2, 205/1–3. 1–7: same rev. die as 209/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19788
2 2     ✸ CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1400 = Stack's, The Vermeule, Ward and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 274 = Sternberg 11, 1981, lot 315
3 3     L: 1840,1226.428 BMC 36
4 4     P: 650 Wa 5791
5 5     L: G.4005 BMC 35
6 6     NY: 1944.100.50009
7 7     Artemis Ant. 2, 1968, lot 408 = Artemis Ant. 4, 1970, lot 336
9 9     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 560