IONIA, Ephesus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (36mm, 25.81 g, 6h). Homonoia with Alexandria in Egypt. AYT K M ANTΩ ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, gorgoneion on breastplate / OMONOIA EΦECIΩN K AΛЄΞANΔPЄΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia, wearing kalathos, with supports, flanked by stags standing outward, looking up; to left, Isis standing facing, holding sistrum in right hand, situla in left; to right, Serapis standing facing, wearing kalathos, raising right hand and holding scepter in left; in upper field, crescent and star. Karwiese, MvE 5, 901 (V32/R74, this coin illustrated); Franke & Nollé 546-8 (VsQ/Rs54); RPC VII.1 401.6 (this coin). Earthen brown patina, some roughness. Near VF. Rare.
From the CLA Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 7 (22 February 2002), lot 282; G. Hirsch 189 (7 February 1996), lot 762.
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