RPC VII.1, 525

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 525
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Demokrates (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 ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 437
Specimens 3 (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, 521/1, 522/1–2, 524.1/1, 4–5, 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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G Hunter 27 = SNG 1867
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll.