RPC VII.1, 233.2

 

Image of specimen #36

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 233.2
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
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 ΕΠΙ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Ρουφείνου Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation under Rufinus, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design torch and bucranium within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.40 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 31–2: same pair of dies. 31–2: same obv. die as 233.1/1–30.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
31 31     P: 1311B Wa 5276
32 32     Cop SNG 538
36 36     ✸ Pecunem 21, 7 Sept. 2014, lot 413