RPC VII.1, 348.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 348.2
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass; below, star
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟΛΟΛΟΝΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝ (sic)
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Καλλινείκου Κολοφωνίων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κ{ο}<α>λ{ο}λ{ο}<ι>{ν}νείκου Κολοφων(ίων)
Translation under strategos 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 36 mm
Average weight 19.06 g
Axis 6
Reference Milne 219
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 350/1–2.
Note Rev. legend corr.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ B: 18323895, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Milne 219.a