RPC VII.1, 559.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 559.1
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design serpent coiling out of cista mystica with lid open to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schultz 466
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: 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, 557.2/3–5, 558/1–2, 560/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 650
2 2     Istanbul
3 3     B: 1653/1918
4 4     P: 1567
5 5     Righetti coll.