RPC VII.1, 518

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 518
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Antiochos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙ(Α)ΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design figure of Hephaestus as blacksmith carried by four male figures
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Schultz 426–7
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 513/1, 514.2/2, 517A/1, 519/1–3, 521/1, 522/1–2, 524.1/1, 4–5, 525/1, 531/1–2, 533.1/1–2, 535/1–3, 537/1–2, 540A/1–3, 548/1, 551/3, 552/1–4, 553/1–2. 4: same obv. die as 513/3–5, 516/1–3, 524.1/2–3, 534/1, 542/1–3, 551/2. 1–4: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1556
2 2     V: GR 32979
3 3     B: 925/1899
4 4     B: 18200846, I-B