RPC VII.1, 455.5

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 455.5
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 ΑϹΤΡΑΙΟϹ
Reverse design river god Astraios reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 8–11: same pair of dies. 8–11: same obv. die as 352/1–2, 6 (Colophon), 353/1–3 (Colophon), 386.2/2–3 (Ephesus), 455.6/12, 457.3/11, 13–18.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     ✸ NY: 1953.171.756
10 10     Winterthur KM p. 83, no. 9 = GrMW II, 3065
11 11     Lanz 66, 1993, lot 784
12 12     B. Michaux coll.