RPC VII.1, 557.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 557.2
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 ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design eagle standing facing on altar, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.88 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Schultz 460–1
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–5: same pair of dies. 6–8: same pair of dies. 3–5: same obv. die as 377/4–5 (Ephesus), 378/1 (Ephesus), 385.1/2 (Ephesus), 385.3/3–7 (Ephesus), 456.1/1–3 (Metropolis), 457.1/4–8 (Metropolis), 554/1, 555/1–4, 556/10–11, 557.1/1–2, 558/1–2, 559.1/1–5, 560/1–3. 6–9: same obv. die as 559.2/6–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ L: 1870,0502.27 BMC 95
4 4     V: GR 32709
5 5     Plankenhorn coll.
6 6     Mu SNG 651
7 7     C McClean 8196
8 8     O
9 9     C SNG Lewis 1496
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.