RPC VII.1, 401

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 401
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Κ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags, crescent and star on either side of her headdress, between Isis, holding sistrum and situla, and Sarapis, right hand raised and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 540–1, 546–8, 550; Karwiese 901
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–5: same pair of dies. 6–7: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 405/1–2, 406.1/1, 406.2/2, 407/1–2, 445/1–2 (Metropolis), 446/1 (Metropolis), 655/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum). 3–5: same obv. die as 402/1. 3–7: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.46204
2 2     V: GR 35951
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     P: 952
5 5     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1099 BMC 417
6 6     Hirsch 189, 1996, lot 762
7 7     P: Chandon 1680
8 8     Stack's, Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Mexica coll., 11 Jan. 2010, lot 268 = Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 Mar. 2002, lot 177