RPC VII.1, 545.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 545.1
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
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 ΦΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΝΕ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Φιλουμενοῦ νέ(ου) Μαγνήτων
Translation under grammateus Philoumenos the Young, of the Magnetes
Reverse design ram advancing left towards pyre from which emerge branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.02 g
Reference Schultz 450
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 364.2/5–10 (Ephesus), 365/1–4 (Ephesus), 366/1–3 (Ephesus), 367/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.1/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.2/3 (Ephesus), 370/1–2 (Ephesus), 371/1–6, 8 (Ephesus), 372/1–2 (Ephesus), 442.3/4 (Metropolis), 443/1–5 (Metropolis), 452.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 452.2/1–11 (Metropolis), 454.2/3 (Metropolis), 454.5/1–4 (Metropolis), 511.1/1, 514A/1, 533.1/3–4, 8–9, 547/1, 550/1–2. 1–2: same rev. die as 527/1–4, 533.1/1–4, 533.2/5–6, 545.2/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = Aufhäuser 4, 1987, lot 404
3 3     R. Hoppensteadt coll.