RPC VII.1, 95

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 95
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Severus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ Μ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΒΗΡΟΥ ΕΛΑΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ἀντ(ωνίου) Σεβήρου Ἐλαειτῶν
Translation under strategos Marcus Antonius Severus, of the Elaeans
Reverse design Hades driving galloping quadriga, left, carrying struggling Persephone and holding sceptre; beneath quadriga, basket
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.83 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 94/1–3, 169/3 (Pergamum), 176.3/5 (Pergamum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Waddell 1, 1982, lot 295