RPC VII.1, 521

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 521
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Demeas (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 ΔΗΜΕΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 405
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 513/1, 514.2/2, 517A/1, 518/1–3, 519/1–3, 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. 1: same rev. die as 516/1–3, 537/1–2, 546/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1559
2 2     B. Michaux coll.