RPC VII.1, 538

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 538
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 ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΠΑΜΜΕΝΟΥϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing left between two vines, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 417
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 514.1/1, 517B/1, 524.2/4, 533.2/5–6, 540/1, 545.2/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1859,1219.196 BMC 84
2 2     Concordia Numismatic 11, 6–7 Jan. 2024, lot 695