RPC VII.1, 693.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 693.2
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀλιηνῶν
Translation of the Alians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 8.74 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien I, 95–103
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–6, 11: same pair of dies. 8–10: same pair of dies. 2–11: same obv. die as 692.2/7–16.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ B: I-B vA Phrygien I, 96
3 3     L: 1874,0716.120 BMC 11 = vA Phrygien I, 97
4 4     Oslo vA Phrygien I, 98
5 5     V: GR 31328 vA Phrygien I, 99
6 6     Budapest vA Phrygien I, 100a
7 7     L: 1979,0101.2121 SNG vA 3389 = vA Phrygien I, 95
8 8     Cop SNG 110 = vA Phrygien I, 101
9 9     Gotha vA Phrygien I, 102
10 10     Afyon: 2013 vA Phrygien I, 103
11 11     Lindgren = vA Phrygien I, 100