RPC VII.1, 385.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 385.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) 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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΤΥΧΗ
Edition Ἐφεσίων Τύχη
Translation of the Ephesians, Fortune
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.59 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 884
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 377/4–5, 378/1, 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). 1–2: same rev. die.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1111.80
2 2     V: GR 31412
21 21     Afyon: 1594
22 22     C. Rhodes coll.