RPC VII.1, 498

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 498
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 lion advancing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 7–8: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 489/1–9, 490/1–2, 491/1–2, 494/1, 497/1–3. 7–8: same obv. die as 497/7–12. 1–8: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1328
2 2     Wendt-Numismatica XXI, 1978, lot 604a (Hollschek IV)
3 3     Cop SNG 701
4 4     L: 1889,1224.407 BMC 180
5 5     Mu SNG 772
6 6     Lindgren I, 842
7 7     B: 1653/1918
8 8     P: 1725 Wa 5452
9 9     Tire: 1985 SNG 498
10 10     ✸ CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics E-Sale 32, 7 Jan. 2017, lot 625