RPC VII.1, 441

 

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Coin type
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 ΕΠ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ Β Τ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG 53, 2000, lot 1087
2 2     ✸ Lanz 82, 1997, lot 602 = Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021, lot 357
3 3     Boston: 64.542
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 684
5 5     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’, NZ 43 (1910), pp. 7–32, no. 86
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     Izmir SNG 415