RPC VII.1, 298A

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 298A
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Ϲ ΑΥΡ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥϹ Β ΦΩΚΑΙ
Reverse design Phocaea and Cybele, both holding patera and tympanum, standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 273/1–10 (Cyme), 298/1–6. 1–2: same rev. die.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake
2 2     Olympus Numismatik 9, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 476