RPC VII.1, 754

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 754
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Dorylaeum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Attikos (archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγο(υστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ΔΟΡΥΛΑΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀττίκου ἄρχ(οντος) τὸ βʹ Δορυλαέων
Translation under Attikos, archon for the second time, of the Dorylaeans
Reverse design Dorylaos and Akamas standing facing each other, each holding spear (or sceptre?) and pouring content of patera on lighted altar; above them, eagle, wings spread
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 31.51 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference vA Phrygien II, 269–72; KM p. 226, no. 4
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 755/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1901,0604.1 BMC 13 = vA Phrygien II, 269
2 2     Kastner 10, 1976, lot 221 = vA Phrygien II, 270
3 3     P Wa 5975 = vA Phrygien II, 270
4 4     NY: 1944.100.50393 vA Phrygien II, 271
5 5     CNG 53, 2000, lot 1110 = CNG EA 524, 28 Sept. 2022, lot 333
6 6     Naumann 101, 4 Apr. 2021, lot 425
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 69, 16 Apr. 2020, lot 735