Roman Provincial coin – HCR149978

Obverse

Inscription:

ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ

Design:

Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from rear; dotted border

Reverse

Inscription:

ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΓƐΝΟΥϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ

Design:

Cybele seated, left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion; dotted border

Information

Period

Roman Provincial

Dynasty

Central Empire

Reign

Gordian III

Person

Gordian III (ruler/authority) , Aurelius Diogenes, son of Rufus (Metropolis, Ionia), strategos (magistrate)

Mint

Metropolis (Ionia)

Denomination

Uncertain

Material

bronze

Technique

struck

Dating

238 – 244 CE (according to RPC)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

9.19

Axis

Diameter (mm)

29.3

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1924

Source

J. G. Milne; Nicolaides (Smyrna), 12/1913

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. G. Milne, 1924.

Place of purchase

Smyrna

Reference

RPC online : https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/91784

Contributors to this coin record

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