RPC VII.1, 414.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 414.2
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, star and crescent on either side of her headdress, next to Sarapis, standing left, right raised and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference Franke & Nollé 509; Karwiese 893
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 409/1–6, 410.1/1–7, 410.3/17–19, 412.1/1–9, 412.2/10–12, 14, 30–1, 413/1–3, 414.1/1, 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).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ Hollschek coll.