RPC VII.1, 578.2

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 578.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ 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 rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design cult statue of Samian Hera standing facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.88 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–9: same pair of dies. 6–9: same obv. die as 580/18–21, 581.2/9–10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     P: 3464
7 7     ✸ L: 1840,1215.137
8 8     P: Delepierre 1966.453
9 9     Winterthur GrMW II, 3263
10 10     E. Tsourte-Koule, ‘Sylloge Basileios Papavlasopoulos’, Archaiologikon Deltion 26 (1971) 114