RPC VII.1, 530

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 530
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 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 ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΙΛ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ
Edition Μαγνήτων ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αἰλ(ίου) Δημονείκου
Translation of the Magnesians, under the grammateus Aelius Demonikos
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene standing facing between two eagles next to Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schultz 410
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 527/1–4, 531/3, 532.1/1–4, 532.2/5–8, 536/1–3, 539/1–2, 544/1, 546/1, 549/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1653/1918
2 2     G Hunter 25 = SNG 1865 = Schultz 410
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ H.I. coll.