RPC VII.1, 471

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 471
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Musonios (grammateus and hiereus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Gordianus Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΜΟΥϹΩΝΙΟΥ ΙΕΡΕΩϹ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μουσωνίου ἱερέως Νυσαέων
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Musonius, priest of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Heracles standing right, right arm on club that sits on rocks, resting left arm on hip, lion skin on left shoulder, facing Hermes, standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.16 g
Axis 6
Reference Regling, Nysa 167
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 470/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 326
2 2     ✸ V: GR 18397
3 3     L: 1877,0704.11 BMC 59
4 4     Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 440 (cleaned!) = Naumann 69, 2 Sept. 2018, lot 249