RPC VII.1, 794

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 794
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design nymph Adrasteia/Amaltheia standing right, holding sceptre and infant Zeus; at her feet, goat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 790/1–3, 791/1–3, 792/1–3, 793/1, 795/1, 796/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 790/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 478
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     B: Löbb.
5 5     ✸ Pecunem 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 460
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.