RPC VII.1, 201A

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 201A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Daldis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Aurelius Hephaistion (first archon for the second time)
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 and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, aegis with gorgoneion on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Λ ΑΥΡ ΗΦΑΙϹΤΙΩΝΟϹ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ΔΑΛΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Ἡφαιστίωνος ἄρχοντος αʹ τὸ βʹ Δαλδιανῶν ἐπ(ὶ) Λ(ουκίου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἡφαιστίωνος ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ Δαλδιανῶν
Translation under Lucius Aurelius Hephaistion, first archon for the second time, of the Daldians
Reverse design Apollo seated, right, holding lyre, facing Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 21.45 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 201/1.
Note See M. Spoerri, SM 226 (2007), p. 59 on the correct interpretation of the two deities
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Plankenhorn coll. = Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 992