RPC VII.1, 804.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 804.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Kaikinas II (archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Β
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ ΕΠΙ Χ ΚΑΙΚΙΝΟΥ Β ϹΒ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 802/1, 803/1, 805/1–5, 8. 1–2: same rev. die as 804.2/3–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2020 = Plankenhorn coll. = Aufhäuser 12, 1996, lot 655
2 2     P: 1208 Wa 6083
5 5     Pecunem 33, 5 July 2015, lot 362