RPC VII.1, 552

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 552
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΕΒΔΟΜΗ ΤΗϹ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Reverse design infant Dionysus seated facing on cista mystica around which a serpent is coiled; around, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schultz 421
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: 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, 551/3, 553/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     P: 1553
3 3     ✸ V: GR 17431
4 4     NY: 1944.100.46489 Cahn 71, 1931, lot 814