RPC VII.1, 457.3

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 457.3
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
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.64 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 11, 13–15: same pair of dies. 16–18: same pair of dies. 11, 13–18: same obv. die as 352/1–2, 6 (Colophon), 353/1–3 (Colophon), 386.2/2–3 (Ephesus), 455.5/8–11, 455.6/12.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
11 11     P: 1645A
12 12     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’, NZ 43 (1910), pp. 7–32, no.85
13 13     P: 1643
14 14     Mu SNG 680
15 15     C
16 16     B: I-B
17 17     L: 1889,0904.26 BMC 17
18 18     Gotha quoted by Kraft, pl. 20, 84c
19 19     ✸ Freiburg: 11794
20 20     C. Rhodes coll.
21 21     B. Michaux coll. = Eid Mar 2, 10 Feb. 2024, lot 296