RPC VII.1, 53

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 53
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Apolinarios (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ 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 ϹΤΡ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera, hand on shield at her feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference von Fritze 179–80; Barth 257–8
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 55.2/2. 3: same obv. die as 54/1–2, 55.1/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0505.108 von Fritze 179.1 = Barth 257.a
2 2     Wendt-Numismatica XVII, 1977, lot 213a (Hollschek II) = Barth 257.b
3 3     P: 56 SNG 74 = von Fritze 180.1 = Barth 258.a
4 4     Çanakkale: 5826 SNG 41
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.