RPC VII.1, 709.1

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 709.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Bruzus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre, facing Hera standing right, holding sceptre and grasping Zeus' arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 5–10: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 708/1–2, 722.3/31–2 (Lysias).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 64.554
2 2     V: GR 36767
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     L: 1858,1124.72 BMC 19
5 5     M&M GmbH 6, 2000, lot 209
6 6     P: 591
7 7     Jacquier 22, 1999, lot 623
8 8     Mu SNG 167
9 9     O: Milne
10 10     Winterthur GrMW II, 4075
14 14     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Lanz 144, 24 Nov. 2008, lot 621
15 15     P: AA.GR.24431
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     B. Michaux coll. = Young collectors auction 1, 11 Jan. 2024, lot 276