RPC VII.1, 194

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 194
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤ Κ ϹΜΥΡ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 2307–13
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 189/1–11, 190/1, 193/1–6, 195/1–5. 1–11: same rev. die as 190/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 32016
2 2     Cop SNG 634
3 3     O
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     ✸ L: 1853,0512.199 BMC 155
6 6     Falghera 2141
7 7     Yale: 2004.6.301 PRF coll., ex Otto
8 8     G Hunter 22 = SNG 1374
9 9     Brussels: II 68480
10 10     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1314
11 11     Winterthur GrMW II, 3976
12 12     P: 1556 Wa 5379
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2198
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     D. Lowe coll.