RPC VII.1, 550

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 550
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Photinos 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 ΦΩΤΕΙΝΟΥ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design humped bull advancing left towards pyre from which emerge branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 452
Specimens 2 (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), 442.2/4 (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, 545.1/1–2, 547/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0716.33 BMC 89
2 2     Gotha