RPC VII.1, 789

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 789
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor 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
Edition ἄρχ(οντι) Ἀλεζάνδρῳ βʹ ἀγωνοθ(έτῃ) ἀρχιερῖ βʹ Συνναδέων
Translation to Alexandros II, archon, agonothetes, archiereus for the second time, of the Synnadeans
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing statue of Dionysus (?), holding thyrsus (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.24 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 788/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2067
2 2     ✸ P: 2068 Wa 6549
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = Leu EA 25, 11 Mar. 2023, lot 1574
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.