RPC VII.1, 414.3

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 414.3
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
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων
Translation of the Ephesians and Alexandrians
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing next to Sarapis, standing left, right raised and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.25 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 479–81; Karwiese 894
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–5: same pair of dies. 3–5: same obv. die as 410.2/8–16, 410.4/20, 411.1/2, 9–13, 15–16, 411.2/1, 3–5, 7–8, 14, 412.3/16–25, 414.4/6–8, 416.2/9–26, 416.3/27, 416.4/28, 416.5/29, 442.1/1–2 (Metropolis), 442.2/3 (Metropolis), 444/1 (Metropolis), 454.1/1–2 (Metropolis), 454.3/4–5 (Metropolis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.46208
4 4     C McClean 8137
5 5     Bern: N/82.871 SNG Righetti 871 (Hanscotte)