RPC VII.1, 221

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 221
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Gordianus
Obverse design laureate bust of Gordian III, left, holding spear resting on right shoulder and shield against left shoulder (depicting emperor riding in biga, spearing fallen enemy and crowned by Nike)
Reverse inscription ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 220/1–2, 222/1–9, 11–14, 223/1–10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Falghera 2138
2 2     ✸ L: HPB,p138.3.A BMC 59
3 3     Cop SNG 411
4 4     Warsaw: 58118
5 5     B: I-B LS p. 130, no. 12
6 6     P: 1089 Wa 5192
7 7     Dollinger 6, 1995, lot 124
8 8     J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908 (Weber), lot 3373 = cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     B. Michaux coll.
11 11     B. Michaux coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.