RPC VII.1, 233.1

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 233.1
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
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡΩΝ)
Edition ἐπὶ Ρουφείνου Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Rufinus, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design bucranium and torch within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.65 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 8, 12
Specimens 40 (19 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 7–8: same pair of dies. 9–10: same pair of dies. 12–13: same pair of dies. 15–16: same pair of dies. 17–21: same pair of dies. 22–7: same pair of dies. 28–30: same pair of dies. 1–30: same obv. die as 233.2/31–2.
Note End of rev. legend variously abbreviated

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 536
2 2     Tübingen SNG 3825
3 3     Private coll.
4 4     Righetti coll.
5 5     Mu SNG 537
6 6     P: doubles AA.GR.826
7 7     P: 1304
8 8     P: doubles AA.GR.828
9 9     Milan: 7316
10 10     ✸ L: 1895,0508.45 BMC 189
11 11     Righetti coll. = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 871
12 12     B: 18649
13 13     Hirsch 201, 1998, lot 823
14 14     V: GR 30302
15 15     O: New College
16 16     P: 1305
17 17     L: HPB,p140.8 BMC 190
18 18     Mu SNG 535
19 19     Cop SNG 536
20 20     Winterthur: G 3943
21 21     Hirsch 182, 1994, lot 943
22 22     B
23 23     NY: 1970.142.535
24 24     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1236
25 25     Cop SNG 537
26 26     B: I-B
27 27     Lindgren I, 821
28 28     L: 1865,1202.14 BMC 191
29 29     V: GR 19593
30 30     Falghera 2140
33 33     Bell, Sardis 304
34 34     Harvard: 1981.74.51
35 35     Ödemiş: 8457 SNG 422
37 37     Pecunem 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 689
38 38     Freiburg: 11935
39 39     Münster: M 1234
40 40     C. Rhodes coll.
41 41     C. Rhodes coll.
42 42     C. Rhodes coll.
43 43     SNG Turkey 11, 371