RPC VII.1, 27.1

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 27.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝƐΩ(ΚΟ)
Reverse design winged caduceus placed on small base
Metal Æ
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 21: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 7–8: same pair of dies. 12–13: same pair of dies. 1, 4–5, 15, 21: same obv. die as 28.2/9. 2, 9–10: same obv. die as 26/3–4, 28.1/3. 7–8, 11: same obv. die as 28.2/7–8. 16: same obv. die as 26/1–2, 28.1/1–2, 28.2/10–12. 1–3, 21: same rev. die. 4–6: same rev. die. 11–14: same rev. die.
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝƐΩ, ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝƐΩΚ or ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 507 (Righetti 5814)
2 2     Mu
3 3     Turin rev. cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     Grossfürst coll., cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     Erlangen Zwicker III, 1149
9 9     SNG vA 1285
10 10     C McClean 7607
11 11     Mu
12 12     L: 1839,0919.133 BMC 270
13 13     Karlsruhe cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
14 14     P: 520 SNG 849
15 15     ✸ P: 519 SNG 848
16 16     O
21 21     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 357 = SNG Leypold II, 357.0 (with correct illustration)
22 22     Çanakkale: 6187 SNG 60
23 23     Çanakkale: 12129 SNG 61
24 24     Afyon: 942
25 25     C. Rhodes coll.