RPC VII.1, 709.2

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 709.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Bruzus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ
Edition Βρουζηνῶν Βρουζηνῶν
Translation of the Bruzians
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre, facing Hera standing right, holding sceptre and grasping Zeus' arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.81 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 11–13: same pair of dies. 14: same obv. die as 711/1–2, 722.4/33–9 (Lysias), 723/1–9 (Lysias).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
11 11     ✸ L: 1901,0602.17 BMC 18
12 12     Cop SNG 234
13 13     Lindgren I, 911
14 14     B. Michaux coll. = Olympus numismatics, auction 13, 15 June 2024, lot 339