RPC VII.1, 723

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 723
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Edition Λυσιαδέων
Translation of the Lysians
Reverse design Gordian III on horseback riding right, right hand raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.29 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 678–85
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 709.2/14 (Bruzus), 711/1 (Bruzus), 722.4/33–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     trade, cast in Düsseldorf = vA Phrygien II, 678
2 2     L BMC 4 = vA Phrygien II, 679
3 3     V: GR 19928 vA Phrygien II, 680
4 4     P: 1647 vA Phrygien II, 681
5 5     Cop SNG 617 = vA Phrygien II, 682
6 6     Righetti coll. = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 888
7 7     B vA Phrygien II, 685
8 8     Baldwin's vA Phrygien II, 683
9 9     B vA Phrygien II, 684
10 10     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1684
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 184
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     B. Michaux coll. = N&N 17, 28 May 2023, lot 427