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VII.1, 419.1
Image of specimen #4
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/419.1
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Volume
VII.1
Number
419.1
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Ephesus
Region
Ionia
City
Ephesus
Reign
Gordian III
Person (obv.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with
Alexandria
Obverse inscription
Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition
Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design
laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
Ε
Φ
Ε
ϹΙΩΝ ΑΛ
Ε
ΞΑΝΔΡ
Ε
ΩΝ
Edition
Ἐφεσίων Ἀλεξανδρέων
Translation
of the Ephesians and Alexandrians
Reverse design
Harpocrates standing left, raising arm to mouth, holding cornucopia on column; at his feet, Anubis
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
22 mm
Average weight
5.16 g
Axis
5, 6, 11
Reference
Franke & Nollé 414–22, 424, 426–8; Karwiese 910
Specimens
18 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–5: same pair of dies. 6–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 417.2/4–10, 13–21, 419.3/18–19, 455.3/4–5 (Metropolis), 456.2/4–5 (Metropolis), 457.2/10 (Metropolis).
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
C
SNG 4463
22
5.27
6
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2
2
O
21
5.00
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3
3
B
22
4.70
6
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4
4
✸
P: 972a
21
4.65
6
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5
5
P: 972
5.01
6
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6
6
L: 1909,0504.43
21
4.56
11
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7
7
O: Christ Church
21
4.94
6
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8
8
A
22
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9
9
V: GR 34592
22
5.50
6
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10
10
O
23
5.99
6
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11
11
Tübingen
SNG 2852
22
5.04
5
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12
12
Milan: 11900
6.38
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13
13
Gotha
cast in Winterthur
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20
20
A
22
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21
21
A: 1894/95 H 1208
22
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22
22
Tire: 2070
SNG 180
22
5.10
6
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24
24
P: AA.GR.12295
21
5.07
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25
25
V: GR 28300
21.6
5.07
5
Described by E. Levante, ‘The coinage of Alexandreia Kat'Isson in Cilicia’,
NC
1971, no. 97 as a coin of Alexandria ad Issum
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