RPC VII.1, 788

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 788
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Alexandros ΙΙ (agonothetes and archiereus for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΩ Β ΑΓΩΝΟΘ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΙ Β ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design emperor standing in quadriga, right, crowned by Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 789/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M&M AG 41, 1970, lot 484
2 2     M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 609 (Righetti) = SNG vA 3990 = Auctiones 7, 1977, lot 397
3 3     L: 1874,0506.29 BMC 56
4 4     Bonhams-Vecchi 7, 1982, lot 254
5 5     ✸ H.I. coll.
6 6     Afyon: 941
7 7     Nomos obolos 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 697
8 8     CNG 55, 13 Sept. 2000, lot 959