RPC VII.1, 699

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 699
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Bakchios, son of Kallikles (panegyriarch)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡ ΒΑΚΧΙΟΥ ΠΑΝΗ ΜΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΘΕΡ ΟΡ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags, small temple above her headdress; around her, four river deities: Maeandros (holding reed) and Marsyas (holding flute) both reclining and resting on water urn; nymph Therma (holding branch and urn) and Orgas (holding pedum and hiding behind boulder)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 535 Drouot May 1973, lot 33
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     L: 1979,0101.2158 SNG vA 3508