RPC VII.1, 487.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 487.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Claudius Philippos, son of Kentaurianos (president of the college of the grammateis)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
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 ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΝ ΚΕΝΤΑΥ[ ] ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Hades driving galloping quadriga, right, carrying struggling Persephone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–5: same pair of dies. 2–5: same obv. die as 486.2/4. 2–6: same rev. die as 487.1/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ L: BNK,G.748 BMC 169
3 3     Falghera 2142
4 4     P: 1717
5 5     P: 1716
6 6     Kimpel 25, 1969, lot 1998
7 7     CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 253
8 8     P: 1718
9 9     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 39, 26 Aug. 2017, lot 474