RPC VII.1, 714

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 714
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 front
Reverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 712/17–24, 26–7, 713/1–13, 715.1/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 596 Wa 5763
2 2     L: 1872,0709.303 BMC 27
3 3     C SNG Lewis 1586
4 4     Afyon: 1774
5 5     Naumann 66, 3 June 2018, lot 299
6 6     ✸ Leu 2, 11 May 2018, lot 182
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.