RPC VII.1, 4

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 4
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Artemidoros (strategos and asiarch)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤ Π ΑΙΛ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition στ(ρατηγοῦ) Π(ουβλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἀσιάρχου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation under Publius Aelius Artemidoros, asiarch, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by serpents, right, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 45.65 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1973.7 M&M AG 47, 1972, lot 491