RPC VII.1, 366

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 366
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 Γ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων γʹ νεοκόρων
Translation of the Ephesians, thrice neocorate
Reverse design Artemis standing in biga drawn by galloping stags, right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.01 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 859
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4, 364.2/5–10, 365/1–4, 367/1–2, 368.1/1–2, 368.2/3, 370/1–2, 371/1–6, 8, 372/1–2, 442.3/4 (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). 3: same rev. die as 396.2/4–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNA 10, 1990, lot 350
2 2     ✸ V: GR 30704
3 3     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 189