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VII.1, 286
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/286
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Volume
VII.1
Number
286
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Smyrna
Region
Lydia
City
Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign
Gordian III
Person (obv.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate
Aurelius Theodotos II (strategos)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition
Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
Ε
ΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ Θ
Ε
ΟΔΟΤΟΥ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
Edition
ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Θεοδότου βʹ Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου
Translation
under strategos Aurelius Theodotos II, of the Magnesians of the Sipylus
Reverse design
Cybele seated left in biga drawn by two lions, resting arm on tympanum
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
37 mm
Average weight
23.87 g
Axis
5, 6
Specimens
7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 271/1–3 (Cyme), 272/1–2 (Cyme), 287/1–2, 297.1/1–2 (Phocaea), 297.2/3–4 (Phocaea), 310/1–8 (Smyrna), 339/1 (Temnus), 341/1–4 (Temnus), 342/1–3 (Temnus).
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 801 = M&M Numismatics 1, 1997, lot 200 (Righetti) = Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2203
38
27.03
6
Obv.: GIC — (ΜΑ, turreted head of Tyche, r.) ; identification of countermark not entirely certain
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2
2
B: Löbb.
35.5
26.12
6
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3
3
V: GR 19474
35.8
23.64
6
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4
4
L
BMC 74
37.6
23.61
6
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5
5
P: 702
37
21.91
6
Obv.: GIC 198 (turreted bust of Tyche, r. (no letters before and after))
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6
6
P: 701
35
20.58
6
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7
7
C. Rhodes coll.
38
24.18
5
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