RPC VII.1, 528

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 528
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Demonikos, son of Prothous (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
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 ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΙΛ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΠΡΟΘΟΟϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αἰλ(ίου) Δημονείκου Πρόθοος Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Aelius Demonikos, son of Prothous, of the Magnetes
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene standing facing between two eagles on small podium next to Dionysus standing left, holding patera and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.02 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 393
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 361.2/5 (Ephesus), 362.1/1–13 (Ephesus), 362.2/1 (Ephesus), 464/1–4 (Nysa), 467/1–5 (Nysa), 515/1, 541/1, 604A/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gotha
2 2     B
3 3     L: 1894,0706.45
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Hirsch 187, 1995, lot 1539 = Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2769