RPC VII.1, 516

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 516
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΜΑΡΑΝΤΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 404
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 513/3–5, 518/4, 524.1/2–3, 534/1, 542/1–3, 551/2. 1–3: same rev. die as 521/1, 537/1–2, 546/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1957,0908.9
2 2     B: 90/1904
3 3     St Florian