RPC VII.1, 295

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 295
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Eutyches II (strategos for the second time)
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥϹ Β ΤΟ Β ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Εὐτύχους βʹ τὸ βʹ Φωκαιέων
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Eutyches II, for the second time, of the Phocaeans
Reverse design griffin advancing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 29.29 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 296/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1974.142 Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1576 (Mabbott) = Schulman June 1924, lot 195
2 2     B: I-B GM 341
3 3     V: GR 31043
4 4     Portugal, Troia excavations