RPC VII.1, 790

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 790
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 ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ ΑΡΧ ΑΛΕΖ Β ΑΓΩΝ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΙ Β
Edition Συνναδέων ἄρχ(οντι) Ἀλεζ(άνδρῳ) βʹ ἀγων(οθέτῃ) ἀρχιερῖ βʹ
Translation of the Synnadeans, to archon Alexandros II, agonothete, archiereus for the second time
Reverse design nymph Adrasteia/Amaltheia standing right, holding sceptre and infant Zeus; at her feet, goat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.61 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 791/1–3, 792/1–3, 793/1, 794/1–3, 795/1, 796/1. 1: same rev. die as 794/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 30, 1984, lot 735 = Schulten Apr. 1985, lot 751 = Elsen 65, 2001, lot 138
2 2     L: 1883,0514.29 BMC 57
3 3     Weber 7188
4 4     Malloy 23, 1987, lot 284
5 5     ✸ Afyon: 5562
6 6     CGT coll. = Leu EA 16, 30 May 2021, lot 2846
7 7     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1741
8 8     SPQR Collection 3, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 272