RPC VII.1, 230

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 230
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus (first archon for the second time)
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 ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ΠΕΛΟΨ ΙΠΠΟΔΑΜΕΙΑ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Πέλοψ Ἱπποδάμεια Σαρδιανῶν δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus, first archon for the second time, Pelops, Hippodamia, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Pelops and Hippodamia both driving galloping quadriga, right, small Eros with two torches above reins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.26 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1308 Wa 5273 = AgM 166
2 2     G Hunter 27 = SNG 1980
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 60, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 327
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 591