RPC VII.1, 581.2

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 581.2
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 Ankaios (?) right, spearing wild boar coming out of cave
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.17 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–8: same pair of dies. 9–10: same pair of dies. 12–15: same pair of dies. 7–8: same obv. die as 578.1/1–5, 579/1, 580/1–17, 581.1/1–6, 582/3–5. 9–10: same obv. die as 578.2/6–9, 580/18–21. 12–15: same obv. die as 580/22, 582/6. 9–11: same rev. die. 12–15: same rev. die as 591.4/8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
7 7     ✸ Dresden: 1464
8 8     O
9 9     C
10 10     L: 1840,1215.138 BMC 300
11 11     St Florian cast in Winterthur
12 12     P Le Rider, Suse 607
13 13     NY: 1944.100.47574
14 14     O: Godwyn
15 15     G Hunter 31 = SNG 1798
16 16     B: 18292590, 1929/1
17 17     Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1172 (C. Fontana coll.)
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.