RPC VII.1, 410.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 410.1
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 jugate draped busts of Sarapis wearing kalathos and Artemis with quiver at shoulder left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 499–504; Karwiese 909
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 409/1–6, 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).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.194 BMC 419
2 2     L: 1895,0606.27
3 3     ✸ P: 975
4 4     B
5 5     Rome: 112093
6 6     Tübingen SNG 2847
7 7     Milan: 7329
8 8     Freiburg: 11761