RPC VII.1, 776

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 776
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Prymnessus
Reign Gordian I and Gordian II
Person (obv.) Gordian I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΜ ΡΩΜ ΑΦΡΙ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΥΜΝΗϹϹΕΩΝ
Reverse design Dikaiosyne seated, left, holding scales and sceptre, wearing polos crowned by eagle, her throne hold by two winged figures with fish tail; in exergue, two Erotes on back of Triton (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference vA Phrygien II, 1124
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 777/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2310 SNG vA 3946 = C. Bosch, ‘Münzen Gordianus I. aus Kleinasien’, Jahrbuch für Kleinasiatische Forschung III (1959), pp. 203–205 = vA Phrygien II, 1124
2 2     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2281