RPC VII.1, 365

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 365
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 Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Artemis standing facing in front of tree, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, stag
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 855
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4, 364.2/5–10, 366/1–3, 367/1–2, 368.1/1–2, 368.2/3, 370/1–2, 371/1–6, 8, 372/1–2, 442.2/4 (Metropolis), 443/1–5 (Metropolis), 452.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 452.2/1–11 (Metropolis), 454.2/3 (Metropolis), 454.5/1–4 (Metropolis), 511.1/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 514A/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 533.1/3–4, 8–9 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 545.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 547/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 550/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G Hunter 66 = SNG 1727
2 2     ✸ B: 18630
3 3     Winterthur GrMW II, 2954
4 4     Mu SNG 215
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 614.1