RPC VII.1, 415.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 415.1
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow, at her feet, dog, next to her, Sarapis standing left, right raised, at his feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 520–3; Karwiese 906
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 409/1–6, 410.1/1–7, 410.3/17–19, 412.1/1–9, 412.2/10–12, 14, 30–1, 413/1–3, 414.1/1, 414.2/2, 415.2/5–13, 415.3/14–17, 416.1/1–8, 447.2/5–6 (Metropolis), 448/1–6 (Metropolis), 454.4/6–7, 9–10 (Metropolis), 656/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 657/1–3 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1128 BMC 420
2 2     B
3 3     P: 1006.2
4 4     Falghera 2125
18 18     Münster: M 5375