RPC VII.1, 290

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 290
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
Edition Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου
Translation of the Magnetes at Sipylum
Reverse design bull standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.08 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 35 (15 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 11–21: same pair of dies. 1–9, 11–22: same obv. die as 274/1–15 (Cyme), 289/1–5, 299/1–12, 15 (Phocaea), 343/1–7 (Temnus).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 268
2 2     C SNG Lewis 1430
3 3     L: 1897,0104.145 BMC 77
4 4     ✸ V: GR 37379
5 5     L: 1895,0403.18 BMC 78
6 6     NY: 1938.127.137
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1044
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     Johnston, Sardis, 165
10 10     Turin Fabretti 4376
11 11     B: 816/1877
12 12     Lanz 78, 1996, lot 847
13 13     L: HPB,p136.3.A BMC 79
14 14     Basel: 1908.2071
15 15     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1043
16 16     C: Leake
17 17     B: Löbb.
18 18     P: 700
19 19     C SNG Lewis 1431
20 20     Righetti coll.
21 21     Mu SNG 285
22 22     O: Milne
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2175
24 24     Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 497
25 25     Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 323
26 26     VAuctions 324, 23 May 2017, lot 326
27 27     Manisa: 07428 Önder 131
28 28     C. Rhodes coll.
29 29     C. Rhodes coll.
30 30     C. Rhodes coll.
31 31     C. Rhodes coll.
32 32     Izmir SNG 557
33 33     Zeus Numismatics Budget 4, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 734
34 34     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 251
35 35     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 252