RPC VII.1, 695

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 695
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 front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference vA Phrygien I, 124–6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 694/1–13, 696/1–37.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B vA Phrygien I, 124
2 2     P Wa 5598 = vA Phrygien I, 125
3 3     A vA Phrygien I, 126
4 4     Emeç coll. 534
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Rex auction 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 289