RPC VII.1, 739

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 739
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding sceptre and resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1831a
2 2     Sternberg 12, 1982, lot 714 = CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1395
3 3     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2095 SNG vA 8297
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.