RPC VII.1, 406.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 406.2
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 river god Kaystros and river god Nilus sitting facing each other; Kaystros holding reed and cult statue of Artemis Ephesia, Nilus holding cornucopia and figure of Sarapis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 543; Karwiese 902
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 401/1–2, 405/1–2, 406.1/1, 407/1–2, 445/1–2 (Metropolis), 446/1 (Metropolis), 655/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ O Milne, NC 17 (1937), p. 164