RPC VII.1, 425

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 425
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
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΑΝΤ ΤΑΕΤΑ
Edition Ὑπαιπηνῶν στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀντ(—) Ταετᾶ
Translation of the Hypaepans, of strategos Aelius Ant— Taetas
Reverse design Heracles standing left, holding bow (?) and leaning on club, next to Dionysus holding cantharus (?) and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 22.99 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 423.2/2, 424/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B KM p. 174, no. 4