RPC VII.1, 234.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 234.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ [ΙΟΥ ϹΟΥ]Λ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚ
Reverse design Demeter standing right, holding three ears of corn and long torch, facing cult figure of Kore facing between ear of corn and poppy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Under no. 234/3 in CS
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 195, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 147