RPC VII.1, 269A

Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
City Philadelphia 
Region Lydia
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
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

Coin no. 1 of RPC VII.1, 269A

 

Museum Historisches Museum, Bern (Switzerland)
Inventory no. N/98.15
Reference Ph. Mottet, ‘Eine unedierte Homonoia-Prägung von Philadelphia in Lydien aus der Zeit des Gordians III.’, SM 198 (2000), pp. 25–26
Diameter 32
Weight 13.67
Axis 5
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