RPC VII.1, 343

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 343
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Temnus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α 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 ΤΗΜΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing left, holding cantharus and club with lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Specimens 27 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–7: same pair of dies. 8–10: same pair of dies. 11–14: same pair of dies. 15–16: same pair of dies. 17–18: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 274/1–15 (Cyme), 289/1–5 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 290/1–9, 11–22 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 299/1–12, 15 (Phocaea). 8–16: same obv. die as 312/39 (Smyrna). 17–18, 24: same obv. die as 312/37–8 (Smyrna).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     B: 5300/1954
3 3     Cop SNG 279
4 4     ✸ P: 438
5 5     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 863 = Wendt-Numismatica XIX 1977, lot 587 (Hollschek III)
6 6     Milan: 7330
7 7     V: GR 16893
8 8     P: 439
9 9     O
10 10     Milan: 7331
11 11     Mu SNG 635
12 12     L: 1961,0301.221
13 13     NY: 1944.100.44267
14 14     L: 1838,0419.68 BMC 35
15 15     CNA 10, 1990, lot 347 = CNA 14, 1991, lot 379
16 16     B: von Knobelsdorf
17 17     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 541
18 18     P: 437
19 19     Karwiese, ‘Ephesos 1983–85’, Anz. Wien 123 (1989), pp. 110–155, no. 466
20 20     Tire: 384 SNG 20
21 21     Tire: 1510 SNG 21
22 22     Yale: 2004.6.155
23 23     Beirut-AUB: C6946
24 24     Freiburg: 11745
25 25     C. Rhodes coll.
26 26     C. Rhodes coll.
27 27     B. Michaux coll.