RPC VII.1, 336

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 336
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Menekles (strategos)
Alliance with Nicomedia
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ 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 ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ ΕΠ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥϹ
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna and Tyche of Nicomedia standing facing each other clasping hands; Amazon holding double axe over shoulder; Tyche holding rudder; both with prow at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXXXXIV 7–9; Franke & Nollé 2240–6
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–7: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 331/1–2, 332/1–2, 333/1–4, 334/1–7, 335/1. 3–7: same obv. die as 337/1–16, 338/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1953.171.766
2 2     ✸ L: 1889-4-64
3 3     St Gallen Lederer II, p. 16, no. 49
4 4     O: Christ Church
5 5     Schulman NY, 1974, lot 473
6 6     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1634 (Mabbott)
7 7     Münster: M 1165
8 8     Weber
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Izmir SNG 463