RPC VII.1, 606

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 606
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition 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 ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων
Translation of the Antiochians
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.63 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 434/1–3, 5–6 (Mastaura), 435.1/1–2 (Mastaura), 435.2/3–7 (Mastaura), 605/1, 607/1, 609.1/1–5, 610/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 34282
2 2     SNG vA 2427
3 3     P: AA.GR.5064
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.