RPC VII.1, 519

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 519
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Antiochos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙ(Α)ΝΟϹ
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 ΕΠ ΓΡ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) γρ(αμματέως) Ἀντιόχου Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Antiochos of the Magnesians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 8.65 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 438–9
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 513/1, 514.2/2, 517A/1, 518/1–3, 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, 551/1, 3, 552/1–4, 553/1–2. 4: same obv. die as 512/1, 527/1–4, 530/1–2, 531/3, 532.1/1–4, 532.2/5–8, 536/1–3, 539/1–2, 544/1, 546/1, 549/1–3. 1: same rev. die as 524.1/1–3, 535/1–3. 2–4: same rev. die as 524.2/4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1558
2 2     ✸ L: 1839,1224.310 BMC 91
3 3     P: 1551
4 4     N