RPC VII.1, 362.2

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 362.2
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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Reverse design emperor on horseback riding right, spearing boar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 868
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–6, 9: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 361.2/5, 362.1/1–13, 464/1–3 (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). 2–6, 9: same obv. die as 348.1/1 (Colophon), 449/1–2 (Metropolis), 574.1/1–9 (Samos), 574.2/1–3 (Samos). 1–6, 9: same rev. die as 362.1/1–13, 362.3/7–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1972.185.7
2 2     Ball VI, 1931, lot 718 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1513 (Mabbott) = CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 188
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Cop SNG 476
5 5     ✸ V: GR 17256
6 6     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 625 (M. Burstein) = Hirsch 175, 1992, lot 1268
9 9     CNG Triton 11, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 482
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 452