RPC VII.1, 7.1

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 7.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Artemidoros (strategos and asiarch)
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 ϹΤΡΑ Π ΑΙΛ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Π(ουπλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀρτεμιδώρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation Strategos Publius Aelius Artemidoros, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.24 g
Axis 1, 7
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same pair of dies. 1–2, 5: same obv. die as 15/1–3, 16/1, 17/1, 18/2, 20.1/1–5, 20.2/6. 1, 5: same rev. die as 8/1, 19/1. 2: same rev. die as 19/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 4165
2 2     P: 531 SNG 842 = Wa 762
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 68, 9 July 2003, lot 147
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = Biga Numismatics EA 16, 18 Feb. 2023, lot 137