RPC VII.1, 414.4

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 414.4
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags, 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 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 482–3; Karwiese 895
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–8: same pair of dies. 6–8: 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, 412.3/16–25, 414.3/3–5, 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).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     G Hunter 99 = SNG 1728
7 7     ✸ V: GR 30707
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 637