RPC VII.1, 532.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 532.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Demonikos, son of Prothous (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΝΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδι<α>νός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Δημονείκου Μαγνήτων
Translation under Demonikos, of the Magnetes
Reverse design Selene standing in biga drawn by bulls, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.20 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Schultz 432
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 527/1–4, 530/1–2, 531/3, 532.2/5–8, 536/1–3, 539/1–2, 544/1, 546/1, 549/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 646
2 2     ✸ P: 1563
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Cop SNG 895
9 9     Nomos AG 12, 22 May 2016, lot 183 = Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1775 (weight given as 27.66 g)
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.