RPC VII.1, 234.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 234.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon)
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 ΙΟΥ ϹΟΥΛ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰου(λίου) Σούλ(πικος) Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Iulius Sulpicius Hermophilos, first archon, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding three ears of corn and long torch, facing cult figure of Kore facing between ear of corn and poppy; between them, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.53 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 179/1–2 (Acrasus), 192.1/1–2 (Thyatira), 219/1, 3 (Saitta).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1310 Wa 5275
2 2     L: BNK,G.740 BMC 187