RPC VII.1, 231.2

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 231.2
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦƐΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting r., holding wreath and small child (Pactolus?), resting on water urn
Metal Æ
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same pair of dies. 4–5: same obv. die as 231.1/1–3, 232/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     B: I-B GM 620
5 5     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2041 SNG vA 3163
6 6     Harvard: 1985.159
9 9     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 509