RPC VII.1, 722.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 722.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Edition Λυσιαδέων
Translation of the Lysians
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.73 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference vA Phrygien II, 642–58
Specimens 25 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 6–13: same pair of dies. 16–17: same pair of dies. 18–19: same pair of dies. 1–20: same obv. die as 722.2/21–30, 730/1–5 (Ococleia), 731.1/3–11, 13 (Ococleia), 731.2/15 (Ococleia), 732/3–6 (Ococleia).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     SNG vA 3881 = vA Phrygien II, 642
2 2     B vA Phrygien II, 643
3 3     ✸ Bern: N/G1661 vA Phrygien II, 644
4 4     Boston: 62.394 vA Phrygien II, 645
5 5     M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 571 (Righetti) = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 887
6 6     L BMC 8 = vA Phrygien II, 647
7 7     O vA Phrygien II, 648
8 8     Oslo vA Phrygien II, 649
9 9     V: GR 19927 vA Phrygien II, 650
10 10     Lindgren I, 1002 = CNG EA 149, 4 Oct. 2006, lot 214 = vA Phrygien II, 651
11 11     Bennett coll. = vA Phrygien II, 652
12 12     NY: 1970.142.587 vA Phrygien II, 653
13 13     Fontana coll. = vA Phrygien II, 654
14 14     Cancio coll. = vA Phrygien II, 658
15 15     B vA Phrygien II, 655
16 16     Fritsch coll. = vA Phrygien II, 656
17 17     Falghera 2157
18 18     C McClean 8839 = vA Phrygien II, 657
19 19     Zurich: 886/16
20 20     L BMC 9 = vA Phrygien II, 646
40 40     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1686
41 41     Afyon: 1705
42 42     Afyon: 1831
43 43     C. Rhodes coll.
44 44     C. Rhodes coll. = Bucephalus Numismatic, Black Auction 19, 6 May 2023, lot 431