RPC VII.1, 410.4

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 410.4
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 ΑΝΤ 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 Κ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων κ(αὶ) Ἀλεξανδρέων
Translation of the Ephesians and Alexandrians
Reverse design jugate draped busts of Sarapis wearing kalathos and Artemis wearing kalathos, crescent and star on either side, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 7
Reference Franke & Nollé —; Karwiese 908
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 20: same obv. die as 410.2/8–16, 411.1/2, 9–13, 15–16, 411.2/1, 3–5, 7–8, 14, 412.3/16–25, 414.3/3–5, 414.4/6–8, 416.2/9–26, 416.3/27, 416.4/28, 416.5/29, 442.1/1–2 (Metropolis), 442.2/3 (Metropolis), 444/1 (Metropolis), 454.1/1–2 (Metropolis), 454.3/4–5 (Metropolis).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
20 20     Galerie 1, 1970, lot 47
21 21     ✸ LB coll. = Hirsch 249, 7 Feb. 2007, lot 2102
22 22     A. Philippidis coll. RI-2018-08-01.001