RPC VII.1, 549

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 549
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Photinos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΝΟϹ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΦΩΤΕΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, rising right arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Reference Schultz 435
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 527/1–4, 530/1–2, 531/3, 532.1/1–4, 532.2/5–8, 536/1–3, 539/1–2, 544/1, 546/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 523/1–2, 543/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A
2 2     Lindgren I, 504
3 3     ✸ MünzZentrum 69, 1990, lot 126