RPC VII.1, 622.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 622.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ ΜΑ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ, ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΗΑ ΑΤΤΑΛΗΑ (on crown), ΚΑΠΕΤΩΛΙΑ (on table)
Reverse design agonistic crown inscribed ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΗΑ ΑΤΤΑΛΗΑ between two purses on table with curved legs inscribed ΚΑΠƐΤΩΛΙΑ; beneath, amphora between two palms, on either side of table, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference MacDonald 185, R428–9
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5–6: same pair of dies. 3, 5–7: same obv. die as 622.3/8–11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ L: 1844,0425.382 BMC 129
4 4     NY: 1944.100.47704
5 5     Mu SNG 141
6 6     Boston: 63.1128
7 7     V: GR 34783
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1773
14 14     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 88