RPC VII.1, 722.2

 

Image of specimen #27

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 722.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Phrygien II, 659–68
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 21–3: same pair of dies. 24–6: same pair of dies. 28–30: same pair of dies. 21–30: same obv. die as 722.1/1–20, 730/1–5 (Ococleia), 731.1/3–11, 13 (Ococleia), 731.2/15 (Ococleia), 732/3–6 (Ococleia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
21 21     L BMC 7 = vA Phrygien II, 659
22 22     L BMC 6 = vA Phrygien II, 660
23 23     Tübingen SNG 4171 = vA Phrygien II, 661
24 24     Afyon: 2180 vA Phrygien II, 662
25 25     B vA Phrygien II, 663
26 26     P: 1645 vA Phrygien II, 664
27 27     ✸ P: 1649 Wa 6330 = vA Phrygien II, 668
28 28     O vA Phrygien II, 665
29 29     V: GR 27525 vA Phrygien II, 666
30 30     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1685 vA Phrygien II, 667
42 42     Tire: 93-58 SNG 541
43 43     Tire: 93-61 SNG 542
44 44     Afyon: 4875
45 45     Afyon: 1781
46 46     C. Rhodes coll.