RPC VII.1, 11.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 11.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Num— Seleukos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ Τ ΝΟΥΜ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–5: same pair of dies. 3–5: same obv. die as 10/1. 3–5: same rev. die as 11.1/1–2, 6, 12/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42863 Egger, 28 Nov. 1904 (Prowe I), lot 123
4 4     L: 1961,0301.186
5 5     location unsure, quoted by Kraft pl. 50, no. 25 as Vienna