RPC VII.1, 417.3

 

Image of specimen #31

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 417.3
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 Κ(ΑΙ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design Apis bull standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 373–83; Karwiese 890
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 25–8: same pair of dies. 29–35: same pair of dies. 25–35: same obv. die as 419.2/15, 420/1–4. 29–35: same rev. die as 417.4/36–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
25 25     O: 43
26 26     O: 44
27 27     P: 980
28 28     V-Universität: 7292
29 29     P: 979
30 30     B: Fox
31 31     ✸ B: von Knobelsdorf
32 32     V: GR 30113
33 33     Lindgren I, A481C
34 34     V-Universität: 7291
35 35     Hollschek coll.