RPC VII.1, 549

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 549
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 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 γρ(αμματέως) Φωτείνου Μαγνήτων
Translation under grammateus Photinos of the Magnetes
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, rising right arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.18 g
Reference Schultz 435
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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, 546/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 523/1–2, 543/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A
2 2     Lindgren I, 504
3 3     ✸ MünzZentrum 69, 1990, lot 126