RPC VII.1, 607

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 607
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ 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 ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding spear, hand on shield at her feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 434/1–3, 5 (Mastaura), 435.1/1–2 (Mastaura), 435.2/3–7 (Mastaura), 605/1, 606/1–2, 609.1/1–5, 610/1. 2: same obv. die as 608/1, 609.1/6–7, 610/2. 1–2: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1885,0606.191 BMC 48
2 2     ✸ V: GR 33583
3 3     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung (1)’, NZ 33 (1901), pp. 17–50, no. 60
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.