RPC VII.1, 536

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 536
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Pammenes (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΝΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΓΡ ΠΑΜΜΕΝΟΥϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Παμμένους Μαγνήτων ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Παμμένους Μαγνήτων
Translation under the secretary Pammenes of the Magnesians
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 402
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 527/1–4, 530/1–2, 531/3, 532.1/1–4, 532.2/5–8, 539/1–2, 544/1, 546/1, 549/1–3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     P: 1557
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.