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
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 ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΚΛ ΙΠΠΟΔΑΜΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἱπποδαμιανοῦ Μασταυρειτῶν
Translation under the grammateus Claudius Hippodamianos, of the Mastaurians
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear against which rests shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 9.76 g
Axis 6
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5–6: 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
6 6     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 285
7 7     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 3, 27 July 2022, lot 594