RPC VII.1, 269A

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 269A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Marcus (first archon for the second time)
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 [ΦΛ ΦΙ]ΛΑ ΝΕΩΚ ΚΑΙ ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕ [ ] [Ο]ΜΟ Α ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ
Reverse design Tyche of Philadelphia and Amazon Smyrna standing facing each other; between them, lighted altar; Tyche holding cult statue of Artemis Ephesia and sceptre, Amazon holding figure of the two Nemeses, double axe, pelta and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bern: N/98.15 Ph. Mottet, ‘Eine unedierte Homonoia-Prägung von Philadelphia in Lydien aus der Zeit des Gordians III.’, SM 198 (2000), pp. 25–26
2 2     Tire: 2749 SNG 456