RPC VII.1, 235.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 235.1
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 ΕΡΜΟΦ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚ ΠΑΦΙΗ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἑρμοφ(ίλου) Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκ(όρων) Παφίη
Translation under Hermophilos, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, Paphian (Aphrodite)
Reverse design sanctuary of Aphrodite of Paphos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 5.78 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 236.1/1–2, 237.1/1–8, 238.1/1–4.
Note Magistrate's name should read ƐΠΙ ƐΡΜΟΦ and not ƐΠΙ ƐΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1311A