RPC VII.1, 5

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 5
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 ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ Π ΑΙΛ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Π(οπλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀρτεμιδώρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the strategos Publius Aelius Artemidoros, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Demeter advancing right, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.66 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 6/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 10/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 513 SNG 834
2 2     M&M GmbH 15, 21 oct. 2004, lot 506 (Righetti 7462)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.42864