RPC VII.1, 6

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 6
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 ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Π(ουβλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἀσιάρχου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation under Publius Aelius Artemidoros, asiarch, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design temple with eight columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.28 g
Axis 7
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 5/1–3. 2: same obv. die as 9/1, 11.1/1. 1–2: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42865
2 2     ✸ P: 526 SNG 837