RPC VII.1, 539

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 539
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 ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΠΑΜΜΕΝΟΥϹ
Edition Μαγνήτων ἐπὶ γραμματέως Παμμένους Μαγνήτων ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Παμμένους
Translation of the Magnetes, under the grammateus Pammenes
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther; behind him, dancing Maenad playing tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Schultz 418
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 512/1, 519/4, 527/1–4, 530/1–2, 531/3, 532.1/1–4, 532.2/5–8, 536/1–3, 544/1, 546/1, 549/1–3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     ✸ G Hunter 29 = SNG 1869
3 3     C: Leake