RPC VII.1, 457.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 457.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.83 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 6–7: same pair of dies. 1–3, 9: same obv. die. 4–8: same obv. die as 377/4–5 (Ephesus), 378/1 (Ephesus), 385.1/2 (Ephesus), 385.3/3–7 (Ephesus), 456.1/1–3, 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). 9: same rev. die as 457.2/10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 28382
2 2     B: 693/1877
3 3     NY: 1944.100.46507
4 4     Cop SNG 929
5 5     Johnston, Sardis 103
6 6     C SNG Lewis 1474
7 7     B: 28778
8 8     Mu SNG 681
9 9     M&M GmbH 21 Oct. 2004, lot 644 (Righetti)
19 19     Karwiese, ‘Ephesos 1983–85’, Anz. Wien 123 (1989), pp. 110–155, no. 503
20 20     Afyon: 206
21 21     V: GR 17458
22 22     Leeds-UL: 729
23 23     C. Rhodes coll.
24 24     Izmir SNG 417
25 25     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 166, 17 June 2023, lot 958
26 26     Ephesus excavations = Schachinger 2017, M 81