RPC VII.1, 415.2

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 415.2
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 Artemis standing right in front of tree, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow, at her feet, stag, next to her, Sarapis, standing left, right raised, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 524–30, 533; Karwiese 903
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–12: same pair of dies. 5–13: 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, 414.2/2, 415.1/1–4, 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).
Note Rev. 2 and 3 of RPC VII.1 belong to the same rev. type
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     Erlangen Zwicker III, 1434
7 7     L
8 8     Aufhäuser 7, 1990, lot 593
9 9     L: G1874,0715.288 BMC 421
10 10     Tübingen SNG 2850
11 11     Tübingen SNG 2851
12 12     Lindgren I, A481B
13 13     V: GR 34593
14 14     ✸ Münster: M 1112
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.