RPC VII.1, 686.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 686.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Acmonea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 689.1/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 686.3/8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 736/1914 Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 1877 (Prowe III)
2 2     Gotha quoted by Kraft, p. 51, 2
3 3     ✸ B. Michaux coll. = N&N London EA 39, 4 Nov. 2023, lot 504