RPC VII.1, 371

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 371
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 ΑΠΗΝΗ ΙΕΡΑ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design sacred covered wagon with driver drawn by two mules, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 870
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–6, 8: 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, 370/1–2, 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). 1–5: same rev. die as 397.1/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aufhäuser 12, 1996, lot 654
2 2     L BMC 335
3 3     Lindgren III, 361
4 4     P: 976
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     MünzZentrum 69, 1990, lot 119
7 7     N F 8092
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.