RPC VII.1, 452.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 452.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; lion on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 364.2/5–10 (Ephesus), 365/1–4 (Ephesus), 366/1–3 (Ephesus), 367/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.1/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.2/3 (Ephesus), 370/1–2 (Ephesus), 371/1–6, 8 (Ephesus), 372/1–2 (Ephesus), 442.2/4, 443/1–5, 452.2/1–11, 454.2/3, 454.5/1–4, 511.1/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 514A/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 533.1/3–4, 8–9 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 545.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 547/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 550/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum). 1–4: same rev. die as 447.1/1–4, 452.2/1–11. 5: same rev. die as 442.2/3–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 29/1880
2 2     ✸ Boston: 63.2595
3 3     P: 1642
4 4     Weber 6023
5 5     Imhoof coll., rev. cast in Winterthur
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.