RPC VII.1, 586

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 586
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 river god Imbrasos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 42 (24 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–10: same pair of dies. 12–17: same pair of dies. 18–21: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 583/1–4. 4–11: same obv. die as 584/1–6, 20, 585/1–5. 12–21: same obv. die as 584/7–11, 585/7–12. 22: same obv. die as 584/12–14, 585/13–15. 1–3: same rev. die as 597/1–15. 4–10: same rev. die as 597/16. 11–17: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3472
2 2     V: GR 18125
3 3     C: 308-1948
4 4     Basel: 1908.2021
5 5     C: Leake
6 6     Amsterdam: Leiden 6084
7 7     Dresden: 1466
8 8     ✸ V: GR 18126
9 9     C: Leake
10 10     L: 1847,0820.29 BMC 308
11 11     Tübingen SNG 3295
12 12     Mu
13 13     NY: 1944.100.47575
14 14     Milan: Laffranchi 1419
15 15     P: 3471
16 16     Milan: 7294
17 17     L: HPB,p112.23 BMC 307
18 18     NY: 1974.26.1042
19 19     G Hunter 38 = SNG 1805
20 20     O: Milne
21 21     Bern: N/82.930 SNG Righetti 930
22 22     C
23 23     Cop SNG 1763
24 24     Turin Fabretti 4178
25 25     Turin Fabretti 4179
26 26     V-Schottenstift: 3387
27 27     N F 8309
28 28     N F 8310
29 29     N F 8311
30 30     Karwiese, ‘Ephesos 1983–85’, Anz. Wien 123 (1989), pp. 110–155, no. 478
31 31     Tire: 79-56 SNG 306
32 32     P: AA.GR.18895
33 33     P: AA.GR.18892
34 34     P: AA.GR.18891
35 35     P: AA.GR.25238
36 36     P: AA.GR.25239
37 37     P: AA.GR.26102
38 38     P: AA.GR.26168
39 39     Verona: 70474 SNG 1622
40 40     Freiburg: 11815
41 41     Münster: M 1179
42 42     B: 18292591, 1929/1