RPC VII.1, 359

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 359
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 358/1, 611/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 612/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B. Michaux coll. = ex M. Mihalka coll. = Lindgren I, A724A
2 2     ✸ Cop SNG 121
3 3     D. Brou coll. = Zeus web auction 19, 8 Aug. 2021, lot 255