RPC VII.1, 348.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 348.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Kallinikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 Π ΑΙΛ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ποπλίου Αἰλίου Καλλινείκου Κολοφωνίων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(οπλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Καλλινείκου Κολοφωνίων
Translation under strategos Publius Aelius Kallinikos of the Colophonians
Reverse design Apollo Klarios seated, left, holding branch and lyre, between Artemis and Leto standing on either side, each with sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.84 g
Axis 6
Reference Milne —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 362.2/2–6, 9 (Ephesus), 449/1–2 (Metropolis), 574.1/1–9 (Samos), 574.2/1–3 (Samos).
Note Rev. legend corr.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 323
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.