RPC VII.1, 546

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 546
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Photinos II (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 ΦΩΤΕΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Φωτείνου Μαγνήτων ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Φωτείνου Μαγνήτων
Translation under grammateus Photinos of the Magnetes
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 9.39 g
Axis 5
Reference Schultz 406
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: 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, 539/1–2, 544/1, 549/1–3. 1: same rev. die as 516/1–3, 521/1, 537/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1567a
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.