RPC VII.1, 494

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 494
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 489/1–9, 490/1–2, 491/1–2, 497/1–3, 498/1–6. 2: same obv. die as 490/4, 492/1–2, 493/1–5, 495/1, 497/4–6. 1–2: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. ZfN 12 (1885), p. 340, no. 4
2 2     ✸ B: 1163/1898
3 3     D. Lowe coll.