RPC VII.1, 456.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 456.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Ares standing left, holding spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 377/4–5 (Ephesus), 378/1 (Ephesus), 385.1/2 (Ephesus), 385.3/3–7 (Ephesus), 457.1/4–8, 554/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 555/1–4 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 556/10–11 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 557.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 557.2/3–5 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 558/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 559.1/1–5 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 560/1–3 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B
2 2     Bern: N/82.885 SNG Righetti 885
3 3     Arslan, ‘Ankara’, in: R. Ashton (ed.), Studies of Ancient Coinage from Turkey (London, 1996), pp. 107–114, no. 23
4 4     CGT coll.