RPC VII.1, 309A

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 309A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Rufinus the sophist (strategos)
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 ΚΛ] ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ ϹΟΦΙ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Ῥουφίνου σοφι(στοῦ) Σμυρναίων
Translation under the strategos Claudius Rufinus the sophist, of the Smyrnaeans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.00 g
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXX —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 275/1 (Cyme), 276/1 (Cyme), 304/1–4, 305/1, 308.1/4–5, 7, 308.2/6, 309/1–6.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 237 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 998