RPC VII.1, 297.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 297.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Eutyches II (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition 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 ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥϹ Β ΤΟ Β ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Εὐτύχους βʹ τὸ βʹ Φωκαιέων
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Eutyches II, for the second time, of the Phocaeans
Reverse design river god Smardos reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn; next to it, bird
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.32 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 271/1–3 (Cyme), 272/1–2 (Cyme), 286/1–6 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 287/1–2 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 297.2/3–4, 310/1–8 (Smyrna), 339/1 (Temnus), 341/1–4 (Temnus), 342/1–3 (Temnus).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: Leiden 5851
2 2     ✸ P: 2037