RPC VII.1, 411.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 411.1
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre and cult statue of Artemis Ephesia; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 461, 465, 468–73; Karwiese 914–15
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 9–13: same pair of dies. 15–16: same pair of dies. 2, 9–13, 15–16: same obv. die as 410.2/8–16, 410.4/20, 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). 2, 9–13: same rev. die as 411.2/1, 3–5, 7–8, 14.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ L: G.2166 BMC 423
9 9     Lindgren I, A481D
10 10     Marbach coll.
11 11     Marbach coll.
12 12     Marbach coll.
13 13     Mu SNG 280
15 15     B: Fox
16 16     A. Philippidis coll. = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1528 (Mabbott)
17 17     LB coll.