RPC VII.1, 442.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 442.1
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 Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, l., holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal Æ
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 410.2/8–16 (Ephesus), 410.4/20 (Ephesus), 411.1/2, 9–13, 15–16 (Ephesus), 411.2/1, 3–5, 7–8, 14 (Ephesus), 412.3/16–25 (Ephesus), 414.3/3–5 (Ephesus), 414.4/6–8 (Ephesus), 416.2/9–26 (Ephesus), 416.3/27 (Ephesus), 416.4/28 (Ephesus), 416.5/29 (Ephesus), 442.2/3, 444/1, 454.1/1–2, 454.3/4–5. 1–2: same rev. die as 450/1–4, 460.1/1–4, 460.2/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28778
2 2     ✸ L BMC 15