RPC VII.1, 419.2

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 419.2
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 ΑΝ(Τ) 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
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
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 386, 432–4; Karwiese 910
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 16–17: same pair of dies. 14, 16–17: same obv. die as 381.3/4, 7–8, 420/5–6, 659/7–8 (Neapolis ad Harpasum). 15: same obv. die as 417.3/25–35, 420/1–4. 14–15: same rev. die. 16–17: same rev. die as 419.3/18–19.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
14 14     Cop SNG 552
15 15     ✸ SNG vA 7883
16 16     NY: 1944.100.46209
17 17     Hollschek coll.
23 23     LB coll. = SNRIS 24a, 3