RPC VII.1, 547

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 547
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Photinos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΦΩΤΕΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Leto hurrying, right, head left, holding Apollo and Artemis infants, each holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 428
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 364.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 364.2/5–10 (Ephesus), 365/1–4 (Ephesus), 366/1–3 (Ephesus), 367/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.1/1–2 (Ephesus), 368.2/3 (Ephesus), 370/1–2 (Ephesus), 371/1–6, 8 (Ephesus), 372/1–2 (Ephesus), 442.2/4 (Metropolis), 443/1–5 (Metropolis), 452.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 452.2/1–11 (Metropolis), 454.2/3 (Metropolis), 454.5/1–4 (Metropolis), 511.1/1, 514A/1, 533.1/3–4, 8–9, 545.1/1–2, 550/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 896
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.