RPC VII.1, 730

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 730
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Ococleia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΚΟΚΛΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 8
Reference vA Phrygien I, 717–19
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 722.1/1–20 (Lysias), 722.2/21–30 (Lysias), 731.1/3–11, 13, 731.2/15, 732/3–6.
Note On the rev., the Ν is retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1779 Wa 6363 = vA Phrygien I, 717
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = ex M. Mihalka coll. = Kovacs 12, 1995, lot 203
3 3     P: F 6895 vA Phrygien I, 718
4 4     B KM p. 280, no. 1 = vA Phrygien I, 719
5 5     Sternberg 27, 1994, lot 547
6 6     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1699
7 7     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.602
8 8     Afyon: 2917
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.