RPC VII.1, 400A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 400A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Alexandria
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Artemis Ephesia and Sarapis standing on base between the Tyche of Ephesus and the Tyche of Alexandria, sitting on either side, and the river gods Caystrus and Nilus, reclining on the ground beneath the two Tyche. In the centre, bull Apis standing to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 48 mm
Reference Franke & Nollé —; Karwiese —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 400/1.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 441