RPC VII.1, 419.1

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 419.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Alexandria
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design Harpocrates standing left, raising arm to mouth, holding cornucopia on column; at his feet, Anubis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference Franke & Nollé 414–22, 424, 426–8; Karwiese 910
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 6–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 417.2/4–10, 13–21, 419.3/18–19, 455.3/4–5 (Metropolis), 456.2/4–5 (Metropolis), 457.2/10 (Metropolis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 4463
2 2     O
3 3     B
4 4     ✸ P: 972a
5 5     P: 972
6 6     L: 1909,0504.43
7 7     O: Christ Church
8 8     A
9 9     V: GR 34592
10 10     O
11 11     Tübingen SNG 2852
12 12     Milan: 11900
13 13     Gotha cast in Winterthur
20 20     A
21 21     A: 1894/95 H 1208
22 22     Tire: 2070 SNG 180
24 24     P: AA.GR.12295
25 25     V: GR 28300