RPC VII.1, 741

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 741
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν
Translation of the Tripolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.53 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 6–7: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6–7: same obv. die as 740/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Walker Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 675
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1342 = Leypold, MÖNG 32 (1992), pp. 5–12, no. 22
3 3     Bern: N/82.1115 SNG Righetti 1115
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Ball 806
6 6     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1341
7 7     O: Milne
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Pecunem 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 436
10 10     ✸ NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1278
11 11     B: 18292575, 1929/1 Samos hoard
12 12     Leu WA 31, 7–8 Sept. 2024, lot 853