RPC VII.1, 694

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 694
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 front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀλιηνῶν
Translation of the Alians
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 5.59 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference vA Phrygien I, 113–23
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 9–10: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 695/1–3, 696/1–37.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Afyon: 868 vA Phrygien I, 113
2 2     L: 1838,0419.162 BMC 15 = vA Phrygien I, 114
3 3     L BMC 16 = vA Phrygien I, 115
4 4     P vA Phrygien I, 116
5 5     Winterthur GrMW II, 4030 = vA Phrygien I, 117
6 6     B vA Phrygien I, 118
7 7     Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 1623 (Prowe III) = Numismatica Wien 21, 1978, lot 620b = vA Phrygien I, 119
8 8     Bern: N/82.1134 SNG Righetti 1134
9 9     NY: 1973.191.27 vA Phrygien I, 120
10 10     Cop SNG 111 = vA Phrygien I, 121
11 11     V: GR 34652 vA Phrygien I, 122
12 12     B vA Phrygien I, 123
13 13     V-Schottenstift
14 14     Plankenhorn coll.
15 15     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1853
16 16     P: 1147
17 17     C. Rhodes coll. = Numismatik Nauman, Auction 116, 1 May 2022, lot 611