RPC VII.1, 219

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 219
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Aelius Attalianos (first archon for the second time and son of an asiarch of equestrian rank)
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΟΥ ΙΠ ΑϹ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Ἀτταλιανοῦ ὑοῦ ἱπ(πικοῦ) ἀσ(ιάρχου) Σαϊττηνῶν ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ
Translation under Aurelius Aelius Attalianus, son of an equestrian asiarch, of the Saittians, first archon for the second time
Reverse design Mên, crescent at shoulders, holding pine cone and sceptre standing between the river gods Hermos and Hyllos, both holding reed, cornucopia and reclining on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.00 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 179/1–2 (Acrasus), 192.1/1–2 (Thyatira), 234.1/1–2 (Sardis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1086
2 2     Turin Fabretti 4386
3 3     ✸ L: 1900,0404.61 BMC 58
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Bucephalus Numismatic Black 22, 28 July 2023, lot 862