RPC VII.1, 574.2 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 574.2 (forgery)
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Reverse design Hera and Nemesis standing facing next to each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 348.1/1 (Colophon), 362.2/2–6, 9 (Ephesus), 449/1–2 (Metropolis), 574.1/1–9. 1–3: same rev. die as 574.1/1–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,0730.143 BMC 290
2 2     ✸ O: Rogers
3 3     Lausanne: 1130
4 4     P: AA.GR.25014
5 5     Verona: 71424 SNG 1618