RPC VII.1, 551

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 551
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ
Edition Μαγνήτων νεωκόρων τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος
Translation of the Magnesians, neocorate of Artemis
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene crowned by two small Nikai standing facing between two eagles
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 7.98 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Schultz 408–9
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 513/1, 514.2/2, 517A/1, 518/1–3, 519/1–3, 521/1, 522/1–2, 524.1/1, 4–5, 525/1, 531/1–2, 533.1/1–2, 535/1–3, 537/1–2, 540A/1–3, 548/1, 552/1–4, 553/1–2. 2: same obv. die as 513/3–5, 516/1–3, 518/4, 524.1/2–3, 534/1, 542/1–3. 2–3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 33351
2 2     G Hunter 28 = SNG 1868
3 3     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.216 PRF coll.
4 4     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 332
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.