RPC VII.1, 470

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 470
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Euphemos II (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΕΥΦΗΜΟΥ Β ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Reverse design Mên standing left, crescent at shoulders, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, bucranium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference Regling, Nysa 166
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 471/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     L: 1897,0503.16 BMC 58
3 3     B. Michaux coll.