RPC VII.1, 362.1 (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 362.1 (forgery)
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 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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων πρώτων Ἀσίας
Translation of the Ephesians, first of Asia
Reverse design emperor on horseback riding right, spearing boar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.42 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 869
Specimens 15 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 361.2/5, 362.2/1, 464/1–4 (Nysa), 467/1–5 (Nysa), 515/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 528/1–3 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 541/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 604A/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum). 1–13: same rev. die as 362.2/1–6, 9, 362.3/7–8.
Note See nos F3 and F4 in the printed version of RPC VII.1

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ P: 966 RPC VII.1, F3
3 3     Cop SNG 477
4 4     Leipzig RPC VII.1, F4
5 5     Bern: N/82.859 SNG Righetti 859
6 6     Weber 5886
7 7     Mu: 168
8 8     L: G0806
9 9     P: 965
10 10     C: Leake
11 11     O
12 12     G Hunter 64 = SNG 1725F
13 13     Lausanne: 1061
14 14     P: AA.GR.16103
15 15     Münster: M 1108