RPC VII.1, 454.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 454.1
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 front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding figure of Ares and cornucopia; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 410.2/8–16 (Ephesus), 410.4/20 (Ephesus), 411.1/2, 9–13, 15–16 (Ephesus), 411.2/1, 3–5, 7–8, 14 (Ephesus), 412.3/16–25 (Ephesus), 414.3/3–5 (Ephesus), 414.4/6–8 (Ephesus), 416.2/9–26 (Ephesus), 416.3/27 (Ephesus), 416.4/28 (Ephesus), 416.5/29 (Ephesus), 442.1/1–2, 442.2/3, 444/1, 454.3/4–5. 1–2: same rev. die as 444/1, 461/1, 463/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.46502
2 2     ✸ P: 1639
11 11     P: AA.GR.12346
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.