RPC VII.1, 448

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 448
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 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 ϹΤΡ(Α) ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design hero and Boule standing facing each other, clasping hands; hero holding spear and Boule sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Martin, Demos, p. 31, ionisches Metropolis 5
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 409/1–6 (Ephesus), 410.1/1–7 (Ephesus), 410.3/17–19 (Ephesus), 412.1/1–9 (Ephesus), 412.2/10–12, 14, 30–1 (Ephesus), 413/1–3 (Ephesus), 414.1/1 (Ephesus), 414.2/2 (Ephesus), 415.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 415.2/5–13 (Ephesus), 415.3/14–17 (Ephesus), 416.1/1–8 (Ephesus), 447.2/5–6, 454.4/6–7, 9–10, 656/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 657/1–3 (Neapolis ad Harpasum). 1–3: same rev. die as 443/1–4, 453/1–5, 462.1/1–2. 4–5: same rev. die as 443/5, 453/6–7, 462.2/3. 6: same rev. die as 453/8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1645D
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.46504
3 3     Lindgren III, 376
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 683
7 7     Tire: 91-930 SNG 266