RPC VII.1, 232

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 232
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΜΑϹΔΝΗϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Μάσδνης
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, Masdnes
Reverse design Masdnes standing right, holding club raised to hit a serpent with branch in mouth
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.04 g
Axis 7
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 231.1/1–3, 231.2/4–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ P: 1309 Wa 5274