RPC VII.1, 598

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 598
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Halicarnassus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Maximus, son of Aur(elianus?) (archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ Τ Β Τ ΦΛ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹϹΕωΝ
Edition ἄρχ(οντος) τ(ὸ) βʹ Τ(ίτου) Φλ(αβίου) Μαξίμου Αὐρ(ηλιανοῦ?) Ἁλικαρνασσέων
Translation (under) archon for the second time Titus Flavius Maximus, son of Aur(elianus?), of the Halicarnassians
Reverse design male, radiated deity (Zeus Askraios?) standing facing between two trees surmounted by oracular crow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.50 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–4: same pair of dies. 6–10: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die. 3–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 385
2 2     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1725 (Mabbott)
3 3     V: GR 18350
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     P: 661
6 6     Warsaw: 88982
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 821.1 = Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1376 = Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, 1998, lot 441
10 10     ✸ Leipzig cast in Winterthur
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.