RPC VII.1, 556

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 556
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(Τ) 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 front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.93 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Schultz 455–9
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 6–7: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 417.1/1–3 (Ephesus), 455.1/1–3 (Metropolis). 10–11: 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, 555/1–4, 557.1/1–2, 557.2/3–5, 558/1–2, 559.1/1–5, 560/1–3. 8, 10: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 815/1877 Kraft pl. 18, 72a
2 2     L: 1957,0908.8
3 3     O
4 4     O
5 5     Lindgren I, 503
6 6     P: 1560
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     Gotha
9 9     ✸ V: GR 17436
10 10     Mu SNG 649
11 11     G Hunter 30 = SNG 1870
12 12     Freiburg: 11787