RPC VII.1, 560

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 560
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Μ*Α*Γ*Ν*Η*Τ*Ω*Ν
Edition Μαγνήτων Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.55 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 467
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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, 559.1/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: CM.LK.1991-R SNG 4520; SNG 4520
2 2     St Petersburg: 15.242
3 3     ✸ L: HPB,Unc.20 BMC 96
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     Izmir SNG 402