RPC VII.1, 454.5 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 454.5 (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 Tyche standing left, holding figure of Ares and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: 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, 452.2/1–11, 454.2/3, 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).
Note See nos F9 and F10 in the printed version of RPC VII.1
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lindgren I, A509C = Weber 6024
2 2     ✸ C: Leake
3 3     G Hunter 6 = SNG 1673
4 4     L BMC 16
5 5     P: AA.GR.17448