RPC VII.1, 731.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 731.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Ococleia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ(ΤΩ) 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 Demeter-Cybele and Zeus standing facing each other, Demeter holding sceptre and ears of corn, lion at her feet, Zeus holding eagle and sceptre; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA Phrygien I, 712–13, 724–33
Specimens 18 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–6: same pair of dies. 7–9: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 729/2–3, 732/1. 3–11, 13: same obv. die as 722.1/1–20 (Lysias), 722.2/21–30 (Lysias), 730/1–5, 731.2/15, 732/3–6.
Note On the rev., the Ν is retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2290 SNG vA 3899 = vA Phrygien I, 712
2 2     P: 1778 Wa 6362 = vA Phrygien I, 713
3 3     NY: 1944.100.50541 vA Phrygien I, 725
4 4     Rome vA Phrygien I, 726
5 5     B vA Phrygien I, 727
6 6     Egger 46, 1914, lot 1805 (Prowe III) = vA Phrygien I, 728
7 7     L: 1874,0716.191 BMC 6 = vA Phrygien I, 729
8 8     Bern: N/82.1206 SNG Righetti 1206 (Hanscotte) = vA Phrygien I, 730
9 9     B vA Phrygien I, 731
10 10     V-Universität vA Phrygien I, 732
11 11     V: GR 27501 vA Phrygien I, 733
13 13     M&M GmbH 1, 1997, lot 417
15 15     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1698
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     C. Rhodes coll. = Leu Web Auction 15, 28 Feb 2021, Lot 1287
19 19     SNG Turkey 11, 574
20 20     Yothr Collection