RPC VII.1, 724.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 724.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Lysias
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝ(ΟϹ)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΥϹΙΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA Phrygien II, 686–702
Specimens 23 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4–5: same pair of dies. 6–7: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 10–13: same pair of dies. 14–15: same pair of dies. 16–17: same pair of dies. 18–19: same pair of dies. 33–4: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4–19: same obv. die as 733/1–7 (Ococleia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 11 = vA Phrygien II, 686
2 2     Bern: N/G1662 vA Phrygien II, 697
3 3     Gotha vA Phrygien II, 698
4 4     Cop SNG 619 = vA Phrygien II, 699
5 5     Rome vA Phrygien II, 700
6 6     L BMC 10 = vA Phrygien II, 687
7 7     Afyon: 1942 vA Phrygien II, 688
8 8     Fritsch coll. = vA Phrygien II, 689
9 9     Afyon: 2070 vA Phrygien II, 690
10 10     Bennett coll. = vA Phrygien II, 691
11 11     Afyon vA Phrygien II, 692
12 12     C SNG 4987 = vA Phrygien II, 693
13 13     Winterthur GrMW II, 4187
14 14     B vA Phrygien II, 694
15 15     Lanz 24, 1983, lot 666
16 16     O vA Phrygien II, 695
17 17     V: GR 19929 vA Phrygien II, 696
18 18     A vA Phrygien II, 701
19 19     Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 1419 (Prowe III) = vA Phrygien II, 702
33 33     P: 1646
34 34     Kovacs 12, 1995, lot 203
35 35     Münster: M 1273
36 36     C. Rhodes coll.