RPC VII.1, 412.2

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 412.2
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 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ (ΚΑΙ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἐφεσίων καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Ephesians and Alexandrians
Reverse design Isis Pharia standing right, holding sail; behind her, lighthouse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.70 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 498, 535–7; Karwiese 913 (a)
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 10–12: same pair of dies. 13, 15: same pair of dies. 10–12, 14, 30–1: same obv. die as 409/1–6, 410.1/1–7, 410.3/17–19, 412.1/1–9, 413/1–3, 414.1/1, 414.2/2, 415.1/1–4, 415.2/5–13, 415.3/14–17, 416.1/1–8, 447.2/5–6 (Metropolis), 448/1–6 (Metropolis), 454.4/6–7, 9–10 (Metropolis), 656/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 657/1–3 (Neapolis ad Harpasum). 13, 15: same obv. die as 447.1/1–4 (Metropolis). 13–15: same rev. die as 412.3/16–26.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
10 10     O: Christ Church
11 11     Mu SNG 279
12 12     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 636
13 13     P: 962
14 14     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.201 PRF coll.
15 15     J. coll.
30 30     Yale: 2008.83.125
31 31     H.I. coll.