RPC VII.1, 85

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 85
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Miletopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Hermes (strategos)
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 ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΕΡΜΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἑρμοῦ Μειλητοπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Hermes of the Miletopolitans
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.54 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 12 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.43067
2 2     B: 18280113, Rauch
3 3     L: 1919,0417.50
4 4     B: 18280114, I-B
5 5     P: 854 SNG 1326
6 6     Mu
7 7     C: Leake
8 8     C McClean 7648
9 9     Milan: 7318
10 10     O: Milne
11 11     NY: 1924.999.184 (under Tarsus)
12 12     Düsseldorf: Ls4252.33.02