RPC VII.1, 450

 

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Coin type
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19936
2 2     Mu SNG 679
3 3     Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 971 (Prowe III)
4 4     O Milne, NC 1937, p. 173
5 5     Brussels
6 6     ✸ B: I-B
7 7     L: 1894,1005.20
8 8     Freiburg: 11792