RPC VII.1, 434

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 434
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Mastaura
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Hippodamianos (grammateus)
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 ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΚΛ ΙΠΠΟΔΑΜΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear against which rests shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5: same obv. die as 435.1/1–2, 435.2/3–7, 605/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 606/1–2 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 607/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 609.1/1–5 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 610/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 4867
2 2     B: 47/80
3 3     ✸ B: I-B LS p. 97, no. 7
4 4     Bell, Sardis 232
5 5     Winterthur GrMW II, 3824