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VII.1, 441
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/441
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Volume
VII.1
Number
441
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Ephesus
Region
Ionia
City
Metropolis
Reign
Gordian III
Person (obv.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate
Aurelius Bassus II (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ(Ο) Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition
Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription
Ε
Π ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ Β Τ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ
Ε
ΙΤΩΝ
Edition
ἐπ(ὶ) στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Βάσσου βʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation
under Aurelius Bassus II, strategos for the second time, of the Metropolitans
Reverse design
three warriors standing facing, each holding spear and shield
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
36 mm
Average weight
17.10 g
Axis
6
Specimens
7 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links
2–5: same pair of dies. 1, 7: same obv. die as 439/1, 440/1, 451/1–5. 2–5: same obv. die as 363/1–3 (Ephesus). 1–5: same rev. die as 446/1.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
CNG 53, 2000, lot 1087
36
18.10
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ
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2
2
✸
Lanz 82, 1997, lot 602 = Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021, lot 357
36
19.22
ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ, weight given as 19.31 in Lanz
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3
3
Boston: 64.542
35.5
17.80
6
ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ
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4
4
V-ON
SNG Leypold I, 684
33
16.38
6
ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ
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5
5
J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’,
NZ
43 (1910), pp. 7–32, no. 86
37
15.00
Obv.: GIC 324 (eagle standing r., head l., wings half open) ; ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ
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6
6
C. Rhodes coll.
36
17.61
6
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7
7
Izmir
SNG 415
37
15.61
6
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