RPC VII.1, 265

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 265
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Traianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Philoth(eos?) (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ) ΦΙΛΟ(Θ) ΓΡΑ ΤΡΑΙ(Α)ΝΟ(Π)
Reverse design Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 1508–13
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 5–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     SNG vA 4040 = vA Phrygien II, 1508
2 2     Lindgren I, 1051 = vA Phrygien II, 1509
3 3     P: 2199 Wa 6590 = vA Phrygien II, 1510
4 4     B vA Phrygien II, 1511
5 5     L: 1883,0514.38 BMC 27 = vA Phrygien II, 1512
6 6     B vA Phrygien II, 1513
7 7     Warsaw: 86470
8 8     Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 599
9 9     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 169, 25 July 2007, lot 94
10 10     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 162