RPC VII.1, 443

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 443
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, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design hero and Boule standing facing each other, clasping hands; hero holding spear and Boule sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Martin, Demos, p. 31, ionisches Metropolis 6
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 364.2/5–10 (Ephesus), 365/1–4 (Ephesus), 366/1–3 (Ephesus), 367/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.1/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.2/3 (Ephesus), 370/1–2 (Ephesus), 371/1–6, 8 (Ephesus), 372/1–2 (Ephesus), 442.2/4, 452.1/1–3, 452.2/1–11, 454.2/3, 454.5/1–4, 511.1/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 514A/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 533.1/3–4, 8–9 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 545.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 547/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 550/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum). 1–4: same rev. die as 448/1–3, 453/1–5, 462.1/1–2. 5: same rev. die as 448/4–5, 453/6–7, 462.2/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1645 Wa 1772
2 2     ✸ B: 18216488, 1910/362
3 3     P: 1645C
4 4     Cop SNG 927
5 5     Winterthur KM p. 83, no. 10 = GrMW II, 3064