RPC VII.1, 442.3

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 442.3
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Bassus II (strategos for the second time)
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 ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Βάσσου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Βάσσου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Bassus II, of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; lion on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.45 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 364.2/5–10 (Ephesus), 365/1–4 (Ephesus), 366/1–3 (Ephesus), 367/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.1/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.2/3 (Ephesus), 370/1–2 (Ephesus), 371/1–6, 8 (Ephesus), 372/1–2 (Ephesus), 443/1–5, 452.1/1–3, 452.2/1–11, 454.2/3, 454.5/1–4, 511.1/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 514A/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 533.1/3–4, 8–9 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 545.1/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 547/1 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), 550/1–2 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum). 4: same rev. die as 442.2/1, 452.1/5.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
4 4     Brussels
5 5     ✸ B. Michaux coll. = Rex Numismatics 20, 2 Apr. 2025, lot 458