RPC VII.1, 355

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 355
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Heliodoros (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 front
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΗΛΙΟΔΩΡΟΥ
Edition Διοσιερειτῶν ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἡλιοδώρου Διοσιερειτῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἡλιοδώρου
Translation of the Diosierites, under strategos Heliodoros
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding two ears of corn with rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.34 g
Axis 5
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 356/1, 357/1, 607A/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 609.2/8–10 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B LS p. 66, no. 11