RPC VII.1, 433

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 433
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Aelius Dom— Ant— Taetas (strategos and stephanephoros)
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ϹΤ ΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΤΑΕΤΑ
Edition Ὑπαιπηνῶν στ(ρατηγοῦ) Αἰ(λίου) Ἀντ(—) Ταετᾶ
Translation of the Hypaepans, (under) strategos Aelius Ant— Taetas
Reverse design two nude children playing with astragali; between them, in the background, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.22 g
Axis 6
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 5–8: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 431/1–3. 2–4: same obv. die as 181/1 (Acrasus), 182/1–3 (Acrasus), 185.1/1 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 185.2/2–4 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 186.1/1 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis), 186.3/2 (Stratonicea Hadrianopolis). 1–8: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.226.84
2 2     L: 1892,0507.62 BMC 59
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1004
4 4     P: 525 Wa 5029
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     L: 1892,0507.61 BMC 60
7 7     ✸ V: GR 19425
8 8     C McClean 8667
9 9     Tire: 1763 SNG 425
10 10     CGT coll. = Pecunem 32, 7 June 2015, lot 319
11 11     Manisa: 17261 Önder 86
12 12     B. michaux coll. = Biga numismatics auction 10, 2 July 2022, lot 313