RPC VII.1, 690

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 690
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Acmonea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
Reverse design river god Sindros reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 684.1/1–3, 686.3/8, 688.2/5–8, 689.2A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 113 Wa 5529
2 2     B: von Knobelsdorf
3 3     L: 1899,0703.73 BMC 96
4 4     P: 112 Wa 5528
5 5     Mu SNG 74
6 6     V: GR 19705
7 7     Ankara: 88-27/3-88
8 8     Aufhäuser 5, 1988, lot 387 = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 875 = Hirsch 195, 1997, lot 868
9 9     ✸ Plankenhorn coll. = Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 540
10 10     Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 366
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.