RPC VII.1, 732

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 732
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΚΟΚΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Οκοκλιέων
Translation of the Ococleians
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.39 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference vA Phrygien I, 711, 714, 720–3
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–6: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 729/2–3, 731.1/1–2. 3–6: same obv. die as 722.1/1–20 (Lysias), 722.2/21–30 (Lysias), 730/1–5, 731.1/3–13. 2–6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B KM p. 281, no. 4 = vA Phrygien I, 714
2 2     St Petersburg vA Phrygien I, 711
3 3     ✸ L: 1877,0201.5 BMC 3 = vA Phrygien I, 720
4 4     L: 1841,B.3427 BMC 4 = vA Phrygien I, 721
5 5     V: GR 32920 vA Phrygien I, 722
6 6     Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 4146 = vA Phrygien I, 723
7 7     Afyon: 2801
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.