RPC VII.1, 416.2

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 416.2
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΤΥΧΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων Τύχη Ἀλεξανδρέων
Translation Fortune of the Ephesians, of the Alexandrians
Reverse design Tyche reclining left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.48 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 437–49A; Karwiese 916
Specimens 25 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 9–26: same pair of dies. 9–26: 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, 414.4/6–8, 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).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
9 9     C SNG 1683
10 10     L
11 11     L: 44,0425.200
12 12     L: 44,1015.177
13 13     A: 1891/92 KZ 246
14 14     V: GR 17258
15 15     P: 969
16 16     L: 1844,1015.178 BMC 424
17 17     NY: 1944.100.46206
18 18     B: Löbb.
19 19     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1744 SNG vA 7882
20 20     L
21 21     A-KIKPE Privatslg. Pfalz
22 22     Falter coll.
23 23     Erlangen Zwicker III, 1435
24 24     Tübingen SNG 2853
25 25     Mu SNG 281
26 26     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 810
30 30     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 970
31 31     Tire: 94-144 SNG 183
33 33     P: 1006.1
34 34     Yale: 2004.6.202
35 35     CGT coll. = Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 925
36 36     C. Rhodes coll.
37 37     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 288