RPC VII.1, 731.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 731.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Ococleia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ(ΤΩ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΚΟΚΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Οκοκλιέων Οκοκλιέων
Translation of the Ococleians
Reverse design Demeter-Cybele and Zeus standing facing each other, Demeter holding sceptre and ears of corn, lion at her feet, Zeus holding eagle and sceptre; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.38 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA Phrygien I, 712–13, 724–33
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–6: same pair of dies. 7–9: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 729/2–3, 732/1. 3–13: same obv. die as 722.1/1–20 (Lysias), 722.2/21–30 (Lysias), 730/1–5, 732/3–6. 12: same rev. die as 731.2/14.
Note On the rev., the Ν is retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2290 SNG vA 3899 = vA Phrygien I, 712
2 2     P: 1778 Wa 6362 = vA Phrygien I, 713
3 3     NY: 1944.100.50541 vA Phrygien I, 725
4 4     Rome vA Phrygien I, 726
5 5     B vA Phrygien I, 727
6 6     Egger 46, 1914, lot 1805 (Prowe III) = vA Phrygien I, 728
7 7     L: 1874,0716.191 BMC 6 = vA Phrygien I, 729
8 8     Bern: N/82.1206 SNG Righetti 1206 (Hanscotte) = vA Phrygien I, 730
9 9     B vA Phrygien I, 731
10 10     V-Universität vA Phrygien I, 732
11 11     V: GR 27501 vA Phrygien I, 733
12 12     L: G1874,0715.372 BMC 5 = vA Phrygien I, 724
13 13     M&M GmbH 1, 1997, lot 417
15 15     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1698
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     C. Rhodes coll. = Leu Web Auction 15, 28 Feb 2021, Lot 1287
19 19     SNG Turkey 11, 574
20 20     Yothr Collection