RPC VII.1, 778

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 778
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεμ(προνιανὸς) Ῥωμ(αῖος) Ἀφρι(κανὸς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor 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
Edition Πρυμνησσέων
Translation of the Prymnessians
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and sceptre; at his feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 13.60 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 1126
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The existence of this coin was mentioned by vA, based on the publication of C. Bosch, but the author had not been able to trace the coin in the museum of Afyon, nor to provide an illustration of it.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Afyon: 215 C. Bosch, ‘Münzen Gordianus I. aus Kleinasien’, Jahrbuch für Kleinasiatische Forschung III (1959), pp. 203–205 = vA Phrygien II, 1126