RPC VII.1, 740

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 740
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding two ears of corn with poppy and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 6–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 741/1–4, 6–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2096 SNG vA 3322
2 2     L: 1839,1224.369 BMC 69
3 3     D.O.A. Klose, ‘Zur Münzprägung von Hypaipa im dritten Jahrhundert n. Chr. Ein neuer Schatzfund aus Lydien’, Istanbuler Mitteilungen 34 (1984), pp. 405–415, no. 37
4 4     Falghera 2144
5 5     Lindgren I, A853B
6 6     V: GR 36871
7 7     B: I-B LS p. 40, no. 9
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 1356 = Plankenhorn coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.