RPC VII.1, 542

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 542
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Philoumenos 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 ΦΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by serpents, right, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5
Reference Schultz 414
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 513/3–5, 516/1–3, 518/4, 524.1/2–3, 534/1, 551/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B
2 2     Gotha
3 3     V: GR 17435