RPC VII.1, 219

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ƐΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΟΥ ΙΠ ΑϹ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β
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 Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (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).

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