RPC VII.1, 438

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design humped bull standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
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).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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