RPC VII.1, 582

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 582
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.41 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 48 (29 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 7–8: same pair of dies. 9–12: same pair of dies. 13–18: same pair of dies. 19–21: same pair of dies. 22–3: same pair of dies. 24–30: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 577/1–8. 3–5: same obv. die as 578.1/1–5, 579/1, 580/1–17, 581.1/1–6, 581.2/7–8. 6: same obv. die as 580/22, 581.2/12–15. 7–18: same obv. die. 19–30: same obv. die. 1–2: same rev. die as 592.2/9. 6, 19–21: same rev. die as 592.3/1–7. 7–8: same rev. die as 592.1/1–2, 4–8. 22–3: same rev. die as 592.2/10–11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Zurich: 644
2 2     V: GR 18119
3 3     P: 3651
4 4     Stuttgart
5 5     Zurich: 645
6 6     Tübingen SNG 3294
7 7     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1813 SNG vA 2314
8 8     O: Walker
9 9     G Hunter 29 = SNG 1796
10 10     L BMC 297
11 11     V: GR 18118
12 12     Auctiones 18, 1989, lot 935 = Wendt-Numismatica XXI, 1978, lot 629 (Hollschek III)
13 13     O: Godwyn
14 14     Cop SNG 1758
15 15     C: Leake
16 16     Dresden: 1462
17 17     P: 3461
18 18     Milan: 7293
19 19     L BMC 296
20 20     MünzZentrum 68, 1990, 250
21 21     V: GR 18117
22 22     NY: 1944.100.47573
23 23     C McClean 8435
24 24     P
25 25     P: 3462
26 26     NY: 1944.100.47572
27 27     Mu
28 28     Weber 6334
29 29     O: New College
30 30     Boston: 63.1112
31 31     E. Tsourte-Koule, ‘Sylloge Basileios Papavlasopoulos’, Archaiologikon Deltion 26 (1971) 115
32 32     N F 8300
33 33     N F 8301
34 34     N F 8302
35 35     Turin Fabretti 4176
36 36     CNG EA 295, 30 Jan. 2013, lot 306
37 37     Harvard: 1986.382.168
38 38     P: AA.GR.17710
39 39     P: 3475
40 40     P: AA.GR.24948
41 41     P: AA.GR.24951
42 42     P: AA.GR.24956
43 43     P: AA.GR.24967
44 44     P: AA.GR.26101
45 45     P: AA.GR.17279
46 46     Verona: 70475 SNG 1619
47 47     L BMC 295
48 48     Cologne: AG116