RPC VII.1, 444

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 444
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding figure of Ares and cornucopia; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: 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), 442.1/1–2, 442.2/3, 454.1/1–2, 454.3/4–5. 1: same rev. die as 454.1/1–2, 461/1, 463/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 17456
2 2     N F 8159
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.