RPC VII.1, 48

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 48
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(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΛΑ]ΜΨΑΚΗΝ
Edition Λαμψακην(ῶν)
Translation of the Lampsacenes
Reverse design winged hippocamp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.65 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 49/1–2.
Note Described in the printed version of RPC VII.1 as Pegasus
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu
2 2     ✸ B: 18282050, Fox
3 3     Gotha cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk