RPC VII.1, 420

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 420
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 ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding figure of Sarapis and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 387–90, 395–400; Karwiese 920–1
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 5–6: same pair of dies. 7–10: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 417.3/25–35, 419.2/15. 5–6: same obv. die as 381.3/4, 7–8, 419.2/14, 16–17, 659/7–8 (Neapolis ad Harpasum). 7–10: same obv. die as 353/4–7 (Colophon), 417.5/22–4, 658/1–4 (Neapolis ad Harpasum), 659/1–6 (Neapolis ad Harpasum).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 986 Wa 1643
2 2     ✸ L: 1889,0904.12 BMC 426
3 3     V: GR 17262
4 4     Hollschek coll.
5 5     Cop SNG 551
6 6     PRF coll.
7 7     L
8 8     NY: 1974.226.73
9 9     V: GR 34591
10 10     O
11 11     B. Michaux coll. = Rauch Summer Auction, 19 Sept. 2011, lot 908
12 12     Tire: 2007-469 SNG 184
13 13     LB coll. = SNRIS 09a, 5
14 14     Yale: 2004.6.200 PRF coll.
15 15     Yale: 2004.6.2664 PRF coll.