RPC VII.1, 601

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 601
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟϹ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹϹΕωΝ
Reverse design bearded head of Herodotus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 602/1–2, 4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Leipzig
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1731 = Leu Apr. 1972, lot 250 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1724 (Mabbott)
4 4     L: 1975,0411.122
5 5     P: 663 Wa 2390
6 6     P: 664
7 7     Zurich: 896/10
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 21, 31 Oct. 2015, lot 544
10 10     B. Michaux coll.