RPC VII.1, 368.1

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 368.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων γʹ νεοκόρων
Translation of the Ephesians, thrice neocorate
Reverse design Artemis-Hecate standing facing, a torch in each hand, quiver at shoulder; behind her, stag crouching
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.00 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 863
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4, 364.2/5–10, 365/1–4, 366/1–3, 367/1–2, 368.2/3, 370/1–2, 371/1–6, 8, 372/1–2, 442.2/4 (Metropolis), 443/1–5 (Metropolis), 452.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 452.2/1–11 (Metropolis), 454.2/3 (Metropolis), 454.5/1–4 (Metropolis), 511.1/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 514A/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 533.1/3–4, 8–9 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 545.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 547/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 550/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Waddell 1, 1982, lot 197
2 2     G Hunter 65 = SNG 1726
4 4     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts (Art Coins Roma) 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 320