RPC VII.1, 189

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 189
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition 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 ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation of the Thyatirans
Reverse design Artemis-Selene-Hecate, crescent at shoulders, advancing right, a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.26 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 190/1, 193/1–6, 194/1–11, 195/1–5. 1–11: same rev. die as 193/1–6.
Note On the rev., the Ν is retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.61 BMC 139
2 2     NY: 1944.100.49514
3 3     Righetti coll.
4 4     P: Delepierre 1966.543
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1312
6 6     Mu SNG 685
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     Zurich: 903/19
9 9     P: 1555 Wa 5378
10 10     ✸ V: GR 33983
11 11     J. Hirsch 21, 1908, lot 3400 = cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
12 12     Afyon: 1440
13 13     Afyon: 5347
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 717