RPC VII.1, 668

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 668
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ 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 ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ
Reverse design between six stars forming a circle around crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 5, 11, 12
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 669/1–5.
Note Coin 6 (Plankenhorn coll.) removed from list, as identical to coin 1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aufhäuser 7, 1990, lot 594 = Plankenhorn coll. = Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 1978
2 2     V: GR 34013
3 3     B: I-B GM 661
4 4     V: GR 19802
5 5     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’, NZ 43 (1910), pp. 7–32, no. 142
6 6     Plankenhorn coll.
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     Freiburg: 11982
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     B: 18292567, 1929/1
11 11     Aquila Numismatics 3, 2 July 2022, lot 608