RPC VII.1, 696

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 696
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Alia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀλιηνῶν
Translation of the Alians
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.82 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference vA Phrygien I, 127–55
Specimens 40 (18 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 6–11: same pair of dies. 12–20: same pair of dies. 21–8: same pair of dies. 29–34: same pair of dies. 36–7: same pair of dies. 1–37: same obv. die as 694/1–13, 695/1–3.
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