RPC VII.1, 421.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 421.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Aelius Dom— Ant— Taetas (strategos and stephanephoros)
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 ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΤΕ ΤΑΕΤΑ
Reverse design Nike crowning emperor standing left, holding patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 421.2/3, 423.1/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 30791
2 2     B: 368/1925
4 4     Numismatik Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 469