RPC VII.1, 435A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 435A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Mastaura
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Hippodamianos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΚΛ ΙΠΠΟΔΑΜΙ[Α]ΝΟΥ ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡ[ΕΙ]ΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἱπποδαμιανοῦ Μασταυρειτῶν
Translation under the grammateus Claudius Hippodamianos, of the Mastaurians
Reverse design hero Mastauros standing, right, holding axe (?) and grabing horns of humped bull kneeling in front of him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.46 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2011/228
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 120, 4 Sept. 2022, lot 432