RPC VII.1, 795

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 795
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 ΔΩΡΙΕΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design arched shrine with two columns enclosing shield between two branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 790/1–3, 791/1–3, 792/1–3, 793/1, 794/1–3, 796/1.
Note The object was identified as a shield by Nollé, but see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63277.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B KM p. 296, no. 26
2 2     ✸ Leu Web 2, 26 Nov. 2017, lot 446
3 3     Afyon: 226
4 4     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1295