RPC VII.1, 361.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 361.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1, 6
Reference Karwiese 866
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6: same obv. die as 408/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 968
2 2     C SNG Lewis 1454
3 3     Erlangen Zwicker III, 1423
4 4     Mu SNG 213
6 6     Z. Çizmeli Öğün, ‘Les monnaies découvertes à Claros, sanctuaire d'Apollon en Ionie’, RN 163 (2007), p. 226, no. 68–KL 96 N-7