RPC VII.1, 417.2

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 417.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Alexandria
Obverse inscription Α(ΥΤ) Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων Ἀλεξανδρέων
Translation of the Ephesians and Alexandrians
Reverse design Apis bull standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.56 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 384–5, 391–4, 401–13, 426, 429; Karwiese 888
Specimens 20 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–10: same pair of dies. 13–17: same pair of dies. 19–21: same pair of dies. 4–10, 13–21: same obv. die as 419.1/1–13, 419.3/18–19, 455.3/4–5 (Metropolis), 456.2/4–5 (Metropolis), 457.2/10 (Metropolis). 4–12: same rev. die as 417.1/1–3.
Note Obv. legend reads ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ or Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     B
5 5     SNG vA 1937
6 6     Hollschek coll.
7 7     Hollschek coll.
8 8     V: GR 17260
9 9     V: GR 30370
10 10     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 634
11 11     L: G.2167 BMC 427
12 12     Tübingen SNG 2854
13 13     B
14 14     NY: 1944.100.46210
15 15     ✸ P: 978
16 16     V-Schottenstift A. Hübl, Die Münzsammlung des Stiftes Schotten in Wien II: Griechische Münzen (Vienna-Leipzig, 1920), 3245
17 17     O
18 18     Mu SNG 283
19 19     V: GR 30369
20 20     V: GR 17209
21 21     Lindgren III, 367a
41 41     LB coll. = SNRIS 25b, 7
42 42     Ephesus excavations = Schachinger 2017, M 69