RPC VII.1, 405

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 405
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, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design Artemis standing right in front of tree, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow, at her feet, dog, next to her, Sarapis, standing left, right raised, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 539; Karwiese 904
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 401/1–2, 406.1/1, 406.2/2, 407/1–2, 445/1–2 (Metropolis), 446/1 (Metropolis), 655/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     ✸ P: 1982.106 Hirsch 31, 1912, lot 1710