RPC VII.1, 377

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 377
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων γʹ νεοκόρων Ἐφεσίων γʹ νεοκόρων
Translation of the Ephesians, thrice neocorate
Reverse design two nude children playing with astragali; between them, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia between star and crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.01 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karwiese 850
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–3, 6–8: same obv. die as 472/1 (Nysa), 473/1, 5 (Nysa), 474/1–2 (Nysa). 4–5: same obv. die as 378/1, 385.1/2, 385.3/3–7, 456.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 457.1/4–8 (Metropolis), 554/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 555/1–4 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 556/10–11 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 557.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 557.2/3–5 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 558/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 559.1/1–5 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 560/1–3 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum). 1–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.46154
2 2     SNG vA 1913
3 3     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 626 (M. Burstein) = Hirsch 177, 1993, lot 1168
4 4     V: GR 17263
5 5     Warsaw: 58406
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 118
7 7     CGT coll. = Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 926
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = Rex Numismatics E-Rex 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 291