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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition γʹ νεωκόρων Ἐφεσίων γʹ νεωκόρων Ἐφεσίων
Translation thrice neocorate, of the Ephesians
Reverse design temple with eight columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.46 g
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

# Specimen 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