RPC VII.1, 412.3

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 412.3
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 ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Isis Pharia standing right, holding sail; behind her, lighthouse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 452–9; Karwiese 913 (b)
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 16–25: same pair of dies. 16–25: same obv. die as 410.2/8–16, 410.4/20, 411.1/2, 9–13, 15–16, 411.2/1, 3–5, 7–8, 14, 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). 16–26: same rev. die as 412.2/13–15.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
16 16     G Hunter 102 = SNG 1731
17 17     Cop SNG 549
18 18     Johnston, Sardis, 93
19 19     Bern: N/G1470
20 20     V: GR 30701
21 21     B
22 22     Waddell 2, 1987, lot 348
23 23     Hollschek coll.
24 24     P: 961
25 25     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 603 (Righetti)
26 26     Florence rev. cast in Winterthur
28 28     LB coll. = SNRIS 05, a14
29 29     ✸ Pecunem 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 558
31 31     P: 1111.9
32 32     C. Rhodes coll.