RPC VII.1, 339

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 339
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Temnus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Nikostratos 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 ΕΠ ϹΤ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΚΟϹΤΡΑΤΟΥ Β ΤΗΜΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στ(ρατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Νεικοστράτου βʹ Τημνειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Nikostratos II, of the Temnians
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.86 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 271/1–3 (Cyme), 272/1–2 (Cyme), 286/1–6 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 287/1–2 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 297.1/1–2 (Phocaea), 297.2/3–4 (Phocaea), 310/1–8 (Smyrna), 341/1–4, 342/1–3. 1: same rev. die as 342/1–3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G Hunter 8 = SNG 1421