RPC VII.1, 531

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 531
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 ΓΟΡΔΙ(Α)ΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design male figure advancing right, holding tree on shoulder, with bunched or ramified foliage
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Reference Schultz 415–16
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: 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, 525/1, 533.1/1–2, 535/1–3, 537/1–2, 540A/1–3, 548/1, 551/3, 552/1–4, 553/1–2. 3: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 527/1–4, 530/1–2, 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     SNG vA 2061
2 2     A
3 3     ✸ P: 1555 Imhoof, NC 1895, p. 285