RPC VII.1, 703

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 703
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 ΠΑΡ ΒΑΚΧΙΟΥ ΠΑΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition παρ(ὰ) Βακχίου παν(ηγυριάρχου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Bakchios, panegyriarch, of the Apameans
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.35 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 702/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur: G 6551 Waddell 1, 1982, lot 341
2 2     Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, 5 Oct. 2004, lot 512
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1916 = Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2204
4 4     Afyon: 1719
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.