RPC VII.1, 231.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 231.1
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 ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus, first archon for the second time, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting left, holding wreath and small child (Pactolus?), resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.56 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 231.2/4–5, 232/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 619
2 2     ✸ L: 1844,0425.371 BMC 188
3 3     P: 1306
7 7     A: MN 1891/92 Kς'618
8 8     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 734