RPC VII.1, 600

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 600
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Halicarnassus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹϹΕωΝ
Edition Ἁλικαρνασσέων Ἁλικαρνασσέων
Translation of the Halicarnassians
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, holding patera and lyre; at his feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.67 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     SNG vA 2538
2 2     P: 662 Wa 2389
3 3     V: GR 29888
4 4     B: I-B MG p. 311, no. 62b?
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     Lindgren III, 427
7 7     G Hunter 3 = SNG 1874
8 8     ✸ Bern: N/82.965 SNG Righetti 965
9 9     C. Rhodes coll. = Aphrodite Art Coins G6, 9–10 Jan. 2025, lot 805