RPC VII.1, 377

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 377
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design two nude children playing with astragali; between them, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia between star and crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karwiese 850
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–3, 6–8: same obv. die as 472/1 (Nysa), 473/1 (Nysa), 474/1–2 (Nysa). 4–5: same obv. die as 378/1, 385.1/2, 385.3/3–7, 456.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 457.1/4–8 (Metropolis), 554/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 555/1–4 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 556/10–11 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 557.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 557.2/3–5 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 558/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 559.1/1–5 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 560/1–3 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum). 1–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.46154
2 2     SNG vA 1913
3 3     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 626 (M. Burstein) = Hirsch 177, 1993, lot 1168
4 4     V: GR 17263
5 5     Warsaw: 58406
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 118
7 7     CGT coll. = Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 926
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = Rex Numismatics E-Rex 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 291