RPC VII.1, 537

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 537
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 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 left, holding branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.11 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 403
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 513/1, 514.2/2, 517A/1, 518/1–3, 519/1–3, 521/1, 522/1–2, 524.1/1, 4–5, 525/1, 531/1–2, 533.1/1–2, 535/1–3, 540A/1–3, 548/1, 551/1, 3, 552/1–4, 553/1–2. 1–2: same rev. die as 516/1–3, 521/1, 546/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893,1103.3
2 2     B: Löbb. ZfN 12 (1885), p. 319, no. 4