RPC VII.1, 710.1

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 710.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Bruzus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns without architrave enclosing statue of Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; sometimes, wreath in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 5–12: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 710.2/15–18.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 232
2 2     G Hunter 1 = SNG 2037
3 3     P: 595 Wa 5762
4 4     L: HPB,p142.1.K BMC 22
5 5     R. Hoppensteadt coll. = M&M AG 41, 1970, lot 458
6 6     Mu SNG 169
7 7     L: 1979,0101.2167 SNG vA 3527
8 8     ✸ P: 589
9 9     B: Fox
10 10     C: Leake
11 11     CNA 6, 1989, lot 255
12 12     V: GR 36158 Egger, XLVI, 1914, lot 1654 (Prowe III)
13 13     Schulten Oct. 1986, lot 755
14 14     Becker coll. = MünzZentrum 70, 1990, lot 346
20 20     Becker coll. = Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1992
22 22     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1480
24 24     Afyon: 163
25 25     Leu Web 5, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 502
26 26     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 436
27 27     C. Rhodes coll.
28 28     C. Rhodes coll.