RPC VII.1, 452.2 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 452.2 (forgery)
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 12 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: 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, 452.1/1–3, 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). 1–11: same rev. die as 447.1/1–4, 452.1/1–4.
Note See nos F7 and F8 in the printed version of RPC VII.1
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.46503
2 2     P: 1638
3 3     ✸ L: 1839,0919.274 BMC 14
4 4     Weber 6022
5 5     O: Milne
6 6     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 643 (Righetti)
7 7     Cop SNG 922
8 8     G Hunter 5 = SNG 1672
9 9     V: GR 17455
10 10     Leipzig
11 11     Falghera
12 12     P: AA.GR.14541 Cousinéry coll.