RPC VII.1, 404

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 404
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Alexandria
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Κ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags next to Sarapis seated facing, right raised and holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 553–54A; Karwiese 896
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rome: 112092
2 2     Tübingen SNG 2844
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 989 = Peus 366, 25 Oct. 2000, lot 628 (M. Burstein) = Gorny 79, 1996, lot 396
4 4     CNG EA 124, 12 Oct. 2005, lot 203