RPC VII.1, 555

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 555
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 4.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 454–54A
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 377/4–5 (Ephesus), 378/1 (Ephesus), 385.1/2 (Ephesus), 385.3/3–7 (Ephesus), 456.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 457.1/4–8 (Metropolis), 554/1, 556/10–11, 557.1/1–2, 557.2/3–5, 558/1–2, 559.1/1–5, 560/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1565
2 2     V: GR 17433
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 662
4 4     Evelpides coll.