RPC VII.1, 445

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 445
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Diogenes, son of Rufus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διογένου Ῥούφου Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Diogenes, son of Rufus, of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 17.00 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 401/1–2 (Ephesus), 405/1–2 (Ephesus), 406.1/1 (Ephesus), 406.2/2 (Ephesus), 407/1–2 (Ephesus), 446/1, 655/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum). 1: same rev. die as 440/1, 449/1–2, 451/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 31006
2 2     Private coll.
3 3     KM p. 83, no. 8
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = London Coin Galleries Auction 4, 1 June 2017, lot 752