RPC VII.1, 381.3

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 381.3
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ *
Edition Ἐφεσίων Ἐφεσίων
Translation of the Ephesians
Reverse design Artemis standing right, pulling down stag by its antlers and drawing arrow from quiver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.65 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 856
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4, 7–8: same obv. die as 419.2/14, 16–17, 420/5–6, 659/7–8 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
4 4     C SNG 479
7 7     Yale: 2001.87.11863
8 8     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 113
9 9     Izmir SNG 369