RPC VII.1, 560

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 560
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 Μ*Α*Γ*Ν*Η*Τ*Ω*Ν
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.55 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 467
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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, 557.1/1–2, 557.2/3–5, 558/1–2, 559.1/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: CM.LK.1991-R SNG 4520; SNG 4520
2 2     St Petersburg: 15.242
3 3     ✸ L: HPB,Unc.20 BMC 96
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     Izmir SNG 402