RPC VII.1, 38.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 38.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Ilium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Athena Ilias standing right, wearing kalathos, holding spear and spindle; at her feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Bellinger T 280
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 38.2/12–15, 39/1–12, 41/1, 44/1–2, 45/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1859,1219.187 BMC 99
2 2     Wendt-Numismatica XIX, 1977, lot 530 (Hollschek III)
3 3     Weber 5414
4 4     V: GR 35936 Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 673 (Prowe III)
5 5     P: 809
6 6     C
7 7     C: Leake
8 8     B: I-B KM p. 40, no. 6
9 9     Cop SNG 439
10 10     NY: 1944.100.43972
11 11     A: ΔΑ II 35
21 21     CNG EA 288, 10 Oct. 2012, lot 303
22 22     Pecunem 20, 3 Aug. 1024, lot 423
23 23     P: AA.GR.25417
24 24     C. Rhodes coll.