RPC VII.1, 630.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 630.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design diademed head of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀφροδεισιέων Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation of Aphrodisians
Reverse design three leafless branches arising from enclosure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.38 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference MacDonald 131, R342–5
Specimens 18 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–11: same pair of dies. 12–15: same pair of dies. 16–17: same pair of dies. 1–17: same obv. die as 629.1/1–18.
Note For the attribution to the reign of Gordian III, see Johnston, Aphrodisias
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Aphrodisias 191
2 2     ✸ V: GR 33260
3 3     MacD coll.
4 4     Cop SNG 103
5 5     P: 239c
6 6     Mu
7 7     C McClean 8457
8 8     O
9 9     NY: 1944.100.47677
10 10     Brussels
11 11     MacD coll.
12 12     B
13 13     Warsaw
14 14     Schlessinger 13, 1935, lot 1311
15 15     MacD coll.
16 16     B
17 17     P: 237D
18 18     Aycock-Wakefield coll. = Rex Numismatics, E-Rex Auction 20, April 2, 2025, lot 436