RPC VII.1, 435.2

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 435.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Mastaura
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Hippodamianos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΚΛ ΙΠΠΟΔΑΜΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Κλαυδίου Ἱπποδαμιανοῦ Μασταυρειτῶν ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἱπποδαμιανοῦ Μασταυρειτῶν
Translation under the grammateus Claudius Hippodamianos, of the Mastaurians
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, left elbow on column, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.18 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–7: same pair of dies. 3–7: same obv. die as 434/1–3, 5–6, 435.1/1–2, 605/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 606/1–2 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 607/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 609.1/1–5 (Antioch ad Maeandrum), 610/1 (Antioch ad Maeandrum).
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
3 3     Winterthur KM p. 177, no. 2 = GrMW II, 3825
4 4     B: 58/1919
5 5     B: 837/1899
6 6     ✸ P: 744
7 7     C. Rhodes = Savoca 158 Blue, 11 Mar. 2023, lot 752