RPC VII.1, 557.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 557.1
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 462–3
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: 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, 556/10–11, 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     B: Löbb. ZfN 12 (1885), p. 319, no. 5
2 2     P: 1581
3 3     ✸ Prokhorov coll.