RPC VII.1, 535

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 535
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Hermeros (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 ΕΡΜΕΡΩΤΟϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Ἑρμέρωτος Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Hermeros, of the Magnetes
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.08 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 443
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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, 531/1–2, 533.1/1–2, 537/1–2, 540A/1–3, 548/1, 551/1, 3, 552/1–4, 553/1–2. 1–3: same rev. die as 519/1, 524.1/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,1224.309 BMC 92
2 2     ✸ Mu SNG 648
3 3     V: GR 17434