RPC VII.1, 352

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 352
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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 ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition Κολοφωνίων
Translation of the Colophonians
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.49 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Milne 223
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 6: same pair of dies. 1–2, 6: same obv. die as 353/1–3, 386.2/2–3 (Ephesus), 455.5/8–11 (Metropolis), 455.6/12 (Metropolis), 457.3/11, 13–18 (Metropolis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg Milne 223.a
2 2     P: 325
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 643.1
4 4     Tire: 92-189 SNG 24
5 5     LB coll. = SNRIS 04, 3 = Gorny & Mosch Online 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4440
6 6     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Helios Numismatik 5, 25 June 2010, lot 724 = Naumann 54, 4 June 2017, lot 278