RPC VII.1, 625

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 625
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α(Υ) Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΗΑ ΑΤΤΑΛΗΑ ΑΦΡΟΔΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design three nude athletes standing around ballot-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald 189
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 624/1–3. 1–2: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     ✸ L: 1885,0606.205 BMC 128
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 73, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 352