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VII.1, 450
Image of specimen #6
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/450
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Volume
VII.1
Number
450
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
Ε
ΠΙ
Ϲ
ΤΡ
Μ ΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΑ
ΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛ
Ε
ΙΤΩΝ
Edition
ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ἰου(λίου) Ἡρακλᾶ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation
under the strategos Marcus Iulius Porcius Heraklas of the Metropolitans
Reverse design
Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
30 mm
Average weight
8.63 g
Axis
5, 6
Specimens
8 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–4: same pair of dies. 5–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 349/1–8 (Colophon), 452.3/6–7, 9–10, 453/1–8. 1–4: same rev. die as 442.1/1–2, 460.1/1–4, 460.2/5. 5–7: same rev. die as 447.2/5–6, 460.3/6.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
V: GR 19936
29
10.28
5
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2
2
Mu
SNG 679
29
9.02
5
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3
3
Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 971 (Prowe III)
31
9.00
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4
4
O
Milne,
NC
1937, p. 173
31.4
8.09
5
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5
5
Brussels
29.9
8.57
6
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6
6
✸
B: I-B
30.6
7.78
5
Obv.: GIC 561 (СΑΡ | ·Δ·)
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7
7
L: 1894,1005.20
30.5
7.32
6
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8
8
Freiburg: 11792
30
8.99
6
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