RPC VII.1, 438

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 438
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Mastaura
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μασταυρειτῶν
Translation of the Mastaurians
Reverse design humped bull standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.17 g
Axis 6
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 437/1–4, 612A/2–4 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 32784
2 2     Cop SNG 280
3 3     ✸ P: 745 Wa 5096
4 4     Mu SNG 325
5 5     C McClean 8679
6 6     C. Rhodes coll. = Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 501
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     SNG Turkey 11, 137