RPC VII.1, 763

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 763
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Midaeum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Philippianos (first archon)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΙΑΝΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Κλ(αυδίου) Φιλιππιανοῦ αʹ ἄρχ(οντος) Μιδαέων
Translation under Claudius Philippianos, first archon, of the Midaeans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; lion on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.10 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 829
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 762/1, 770/1 (Nacolea), 771/1 (Nacolea).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0711.4 vA Phrygien II, 829
2 2     ✸ Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 410