RPC VII.1, 370

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 370
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 ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΑ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags, crescent and star on either side of her headdress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 849
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4, 364.2/5–10, 365/1–4, 366/1–3, 367/1–2, 368.1/1–2, 368.2/3, 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     Boston: 63.2594
2 2     ✸ Brussels: II 65075