RPC VII.1, 47

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 47
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Lampsacus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝ[ ]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιαν[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian[---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΛΑΜΨ]ΑΚΗΝΩ[Ν]
Edition Λαμψακηνῶν
Translation of the Lampsacenes
Reverse design ithyphallic statue of bearded Priapus standing on base, left, holding cantharus over lighted altar and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.61 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Wendt-Numismatica XVII, 1977, lot 363b (Hollschek II)