RPC VII.1, 541

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 541
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Philokrates II (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΦΙΛΟΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene crowned by two small Nikai standing facing next to Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Schultz 396
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 361.2/5 (Ephesus), 362.1/1–13 (Ephesus), 362.2/1 (Ephesus), 464/1–3 (Nysa), 467/1–5 (Nysa), 515/1, 528/1–3, 604A/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C SNG 4524