RPC VII.1, 273

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 273
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Flαvius Menophantos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤ ΦΛ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Φλαουίου Μηνοφάντου Κυμαίων ἐπ(ὶ) στ(ρατηγοῦ) Φλ(αουίου) Μηνοφάντου Κυμαίων
Translation under strategos Flavius Menophantos of the Cymaeans
Reverse design athlete advancing left, holding prize crown above his head; in front, rectangular building surrounded by colonnade and flanked by two pylons
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.85 g
Axis 6
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 8–10: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 298/1–6 (Phocaea), 298A/1 (Phocaea).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 150
2 2     P: 234
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Zurich: 884/16
5 5     L: 1841,B.2656 BMC 144
6 6     Mu SNG 550
7 7     B: 28701
8 8     C McClean 7928
9 9     Warsaw: 88988
10 10     ✸ L: G1874,0715.291 BMC 143
11 11     Wendt-Numismatica XIX, 1977, lot 560 (Hollschek III)
12 12     Verona: 70525 SNG 1493
13 13     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 165 Blue, 28 May 2023, lot 641