RPC VII.1, 83

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 83
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Miletopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Hermes (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγου(στος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, aegis and spear resting on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΕΡΜΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἑρμοῦ Μειλητοπολειτῶν
Translation of the strategos Aurelius Hermes, of the Miletopolitans
Reverse design emperor on horseback riding right, attacking lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 52.19 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung (1)’, NZ 33 (1901), pp. 17–50, no. 54
2 2     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 596 (M. Burstein coll.) = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 858 = Hirsch 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2822
3 3     ✸ L: 1905,0406.24 Egger 1904, lot 1247 (Prowe I)
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Lanz 82, 1977, lot 601
5 5     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 254 = CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 104 = Lindgren III, 263 = Kovacs Sale XIV, 1998, lot 106
6 6     Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 728