RPC VII.2, 633

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 633
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Ephesus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing with stags at feet; star and crescent above, and Homonoia standing left, holding pater over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 914–15; Franke & Nollé 1718–20
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1248
2 2     P: 1249 Franke & Nollé 1718 = Schönert, Perinthos 914/1
3 3     B: 18239806, Fox Franke & Nollé 1720 = Schönert, Perinthos 915/1
4 4     ✸ Boston: 57.720 Franke & Nollé 1719
5 5     F. Vink coll. = Münzzentrum Rheinland 128, 1 June 2005, lot 144
6 6     M&M AG 41, 1970, lot 317