RPC VII.1, 725

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 725
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Phrygien II, 714–15
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same rev. die as 727.1/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0412.104 Weber 7156 = vA Phrygien II, 714
2 2     Afyon: 1518 vA Phrygien II, 715