RPC VII.1, 736

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 736
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ 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 rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Σεβαστηνῶν Σεβαστηνῶν
Translation of the Sebastans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.34 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 737/1–2. 1–7: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0716.214 BMC 40
2 2     L: 1902,1002.81 BMC 39
3 3     ✸ SNG vA 3953 = Leu May 1974, lot 314 = Leu 14, 14 Oct. 2023, lot 131
4 4     V: GR 35491
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     P: 1936 Wa 6485
7 7     Göttingen rev. cast in Winterthur
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1741
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     B. Michaux coll. = ex M. Mihalka coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     Leu WA 34, 5–8 July 2025, lot 1418