RPC VII.1, 449

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 449
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Iulius Porcius Heraklas (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΠΟΡΚ ΗΡΑΚΛΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Πορκ(ίου) Ἡρακλᾶ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Marcus Iulius Porcius Heraklas, of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 16.98 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 348.1/1 (Colophon), 362.2/2–6, 9 (Ephesus), 574.1/1–9 (Samos), 574.2/1–3 (Samos). 1–2: same rev. die as 440/1, 445/1, 451/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur KM p. 83, no. 7 = GrMW II, 3063
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Leeds-UL: 1617
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.