RPC VII.1, 574.1

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 574.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ 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 rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design Hera and Nemesis standing facing next to each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 18.95 g
Axis 6
Specimens 16 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 11–15: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 348.1/1 (Colophon), 362.2/2–6, 9 (Ephesus), 449/1–2 (Metropolis), 574.2/1–3. 11–15: same obv. die as 575/1–2, 576/1–2. 1–9: same rev. die as 574.2/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3458
2 2     C McClean 8434
3 3     Milan: 7291
4 4     Tübingen SNG 3293
5 5     V: GR 18112
6 6     Dresden: 1460
7 7     NY: 1951.38.3
8 8     Milan: 7290
9 9     B: I-B cast in Winterthur
10 10     St. Karwiese, ‘Archäologie und Numismatik: eine neue Evidenz aus Ephesos’, LNV II (Vienna, 1983), p. 286, no. 40
11 11     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1812 SNG vA 2313
12 12     V: GR 30213
13 13     G Hunter 27 = SNG 1794
14 14     NY: 1925.999.94
15 15     L: 1889,1106.50 BMC 289
16 16     Turin Fava 238