RPC VII.1, 356

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 356
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 ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΗΛΙΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΔΙΟϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἡλιοδώρου Διοσιερειτῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἡλιοδώρου Διοσιερειτῶν
Translation under strategos Heliodoros of the Dioshierites
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.36 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 355/1, 357/1, 607A/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 609.2/8–10 (Antioch ad Maeandrum). 1: same rev. die as 357/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM 593 = LS p. 66