RPC VII.1, 533.2

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 533.2
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Δημονείκου Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Demonikos, of the Magnesians
Reverse design ram advancing left towards pyre from which emerge branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 449
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–6: same pair of dies. 5–6: same obv. die as 514.1/1, 517B/1, 524.2/4, 538/1–2, 540/1, 545.2/3. 5–6: same rev. die as 527/1–4, 533.1/1–4, 545.1/1–2, 545.2/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
5 5     L: 1885,0606.148 BMC 87
6 6     Lindgren I, A503A = CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 882
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Papillon 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 759