RPC VII.1, 621

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 621
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation of Aphrodisians
Reverse design Centaur advancing right, holding arrow and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.10 g
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald 184
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–6: same pair of dies. 7–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 622.1/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 295 Wa
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1849 SNG vA 2462
3 3     L: 1838,0419.199 BMC 127
4 4     B
5 5     Lauritsen coll.
6 6     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 609 = Sotheby Oct. 1984, lot 373 (Bernet-Brand) = Berlin Museum Duplicates (Adolf Hess Nachfolger, 7 Oct. 1907), lot 654
7 7     B: Rauch
8 8     NY: 1951.38.4
9 9     Boston: 1970.433 M&M AG 41, 1970, lot 398
10 10     Weber 6407
11 11     O
12 12     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 554 = Dr. Jay M. Gaist coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 601
13 13     Freiburg: 11872