RPC VII.1, 354

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 354
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Heliodoros (strategos) ; Menekrates (strategos)
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 front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΗΛΙΟΔΩΡΟΥ Κ ΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Aphrodisias 385
2 2     V: GR 27675
3 3     ✸ L: 1874,0716.103 BMC 23