RPC VII.1, 692.2

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 692.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Alia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Mên on horseback riding right, crescent at shoulders, double axe over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA Phrygien I, 104–12
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–10: same pair of dies. 11–13: same pair of dies. 14–16: same pair of dies. 7–16: same obv. die as 693.2/2–11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
7 7     L: BNK,G.1199 BMC 10 = vA Phrygien I, 104
8 8     ✸ P Wa 5597 = vA Phrygien I, 105
9 9     Mu SNG 78 = vA Phrygien I, 106
10 10     Plankenhorn coll.
11 11     Rome Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 4091 = vA Phrygien I, 107
12 12     SNG vA 3388 = vA Phrygien I, 108
13 13     A vA Phrygien I, 109
14 14     B vA Phrygien I, 110
15 15     B vA Phrygien I, 111
16 16     NY: 1944.100.49910 vA Phrygien I, 112
17 17     A: MN 25/5879
18 18     C. Rhodes coll. = Rex Numismatics, E-Rex Auction 1, 15 July 2023, lot 186