RPC VII.1, 515

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 515
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Amarantos, son of Moschion (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΜΑΡΑΝΤΟΥ ΜΟϹΧΙΩΝΟϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Ἀμαράντου Μοσχίωνος Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Amarantos, son of Moschion, of the Magnetes
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene crowned by two small Nikai standing facing between two eagles, next to Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 18.58 g
Reference Schultz 395
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 361.2/5 (Ephesus), 362.1/1–13 (Ephesus), 362.2/1 (Ephesus), 464/1–4 (Nysa), 467/1–5 (Nysa), 528/1–3, 541/1, 604A/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1550