RPC VII.1, 497

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 497
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
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 ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τραλλιανῶν
Translation of the Trallians
Reverse design lion crouching, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.99 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–6: same pair of dies. 7–12: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 489/1–9, 490/1–2, 491/1–2, 494/1, 498/1–6. 4–6: same obv. die as 490/4, 492/1–2, 493/1–5, 494/2, 495/1. 7–12: same obv. die as 498/7–8. 1–6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.49802
2 2     V: GR 28683
3 3     L: 1841,B.3382 BMC 178
4 4     Weber 6950
5 5     ✸ L: 1850,0326.106 BMC 177
6 6     Dresden: 3013
7 7     L: 1895,0606.66 BMC 179
8 8     V: GR 19685
9 9     B: Fox
10 10     P: 1720
11 11     Cop SNG 702
12 12     Weber 6951
13 13     Anamur: 5.199.2004 SNG 10
14 14     Tire: 91-9 SNG 497
15 15     Savoca 83rd Blue, 22 Aug. 2020, lot 774
16 16     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca Coins Blue 216th Weekly Blue, 8 June 2024, lot 173