RPC VII.1, 702

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 702
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΑ ΒΑΚΧΙΟΥ ΠΑΝΗ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition πα(ρὰ) Βακχίου πανη(γυριάρχου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Bakchios, panegyriarch, of the Apameans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.55 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 703/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     P: 534
3 3     Falghera 2147
4 4     Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 650
5 5     B. Michaux coll.