RPC VII.1, 186.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 186.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Alkimos Philobakchos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΑΡΚΙΜΟΥ (sic) ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀρκίμου Στρατονικέων ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Ἀρκίμου Στρατονικέων
Translation under strategos Alkimos of the Stratoniceans
Reverse design emperor on horseback riding right, attacking lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.57 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 181/1 (Acrasus), 182/1–3 (Acrasus), 185.1/1, 185.2/2–4, 186.3/2, 433/2–4 (Hypaepa).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 869 = Schulten Apr. 1989, lot 578
2 2     P: 980A