RPC VII.1, 409

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 409
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Alexandria
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing next to Sarapis standing left, right raised and holding sceptre, on galley with line of oars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 510–14; Karwiese 897
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 410.1/1–7, 410.3/17–19, 412.1/1–9, 412.2/10–12, 14, 30–1, 413/1–3, 414.1/1, 414.2/2, 415.1/1–4, 415.2/5–13, 415.3/14–17, 416.1/1–8, 447.2/5–6 (Metropolis), 448/1–6 (Metropolis), 454.4/6–7, 9–10 (Metropolis), 656/1–5 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 657/1–3 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 5109
2 2     Grewer coll.
3 3     Galerie 1, 1970, lot 48
4 4     ✸ P: 954
5 5     V-Universität: 7288
6 6     O: Christ Church
7 7     N F 8096