RPC VII.1, 527

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 527
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Demokrates II (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΝΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδι<α>νός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Δημοκράτους βʹ Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Demokrates II, of the Magnesians
Reverse design ram advancing left towards pyre from which emerge branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.30 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 445–6
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 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. 1–4: same rev. die as 533.1/1–4, 533.2/5–6, 545.1/1–2, 545.2/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     L: 1839,1224.311 BMC 88
3 3     ✸ P: 1569 Wa 1758
4 4     G Hunter 26 = SNG 1866 = GM p. 116, n. 1
5 5     Ödemiş: 4295 SNG 113