RPC VII.1, 745

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 745
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Docimeum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΟΚΙΜΕΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
Edition Δοκιμέων Μακεδόνων
Translation of the Macedonian Docimeans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and sceptre, resting arm on tympanum; lion on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.65 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 744/1–2, 748/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Fox
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = N&N 17, 28 May 2022, lot 207
3 3     B. Michaux coll. = Rex Numismatics E-Rex 1, 15 July 2023, lot 164
4 4     Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1244