RPC VII.1, 668

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 668
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ
Edition Κιβυρατῶν
Translation of the Cibyrates
Reverse design between six stars forming a circle around crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.98 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 669/1–5.
Note Coin 6 (Plankenhorn coll.) removed from list, as identical to coin 1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aufhäuser 7, 1990, lot 594 = Plankenhorn coll. = Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 1978
2 2     V: GR 34013
3 3     B: I-B GM 661
4 4     V: GR 19802
5 5     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’, NZ 43 (1910), pp. 7–32, no. 142
6 6     Plankenhorn coll.
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     Freiburg: 11982
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     B: 18292567, 1929/1
11 11     Aquila Numismatics 3, 2 July 2022, lot 608