RPC VII.1, 722.4

 

Image of specimen #36

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 722.4
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 671–7
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 34–9: same pair of dies. 33–9: same obv. die as 711/1 (Bruzus), 723/1–9. 33: same rev. die as 722.3/31.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
33 33     Afyon: 2552 vA Phrygien II, 677
34 34     L BMC 5 = vA Phrygien II, 671
35 35     V: GR 30192 vA Phrygien II, 672
36 36     ✸ NY: 1944.100.50534 vA Phrygien II, 673
37 37     Moscow vA Phrygien II, 674
38 38     Boston: 64.1191 vA Phrygien II, 675
39 39     Fontana coll. = vA Phrygien II, 676
40 40     C. Rhodes coll.
41 41     C. Rhodes coll.