RPC VII.1, 489

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 489
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus seated left on panther, holding thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 490/1–2, 491/1–2, 494/1, 497/1–3, 498/1–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 32024
2 2     V: GR 30446
3 3     B: 28940
4 4     Lindgren III, 537
5 5     B: 49/1880
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     Falghera 2143
8 8     NY: 1974.226.94
9 9     Mu SNG 103
10 10     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 743
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.