RPC VII.1, 249

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 249
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Temenothyrae
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Lollius Xenophilos (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΟΛ ΞΕΝΟΦΙΛΟϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΥϹΙ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 5, 7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 248/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0326.18
2 2     Malloy 9, 1977, lot 261 = Malloy 16, 1980, lot 273
3 3     ✸ Pecunem 33, 5 July 2015, lot 379
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 534, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 357