RPC VII.1, 191

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 191
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Fabius Alfenus Apollinarios (strategos)
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Τ ΦΑ ΑΛΦ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΜΥΡΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design confronted turreted and draped busts of Tyche of Thyatira and Amazon Smyrna
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 49 mm
Axis 12
Reference Franke & Nollé —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ƐΠ Τ ΦΑ ΑΛΦ and not ƐΠ Τ ΦΑΒ ΑΛΦ
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1557
2 2     ✸ CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 457 = Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014, lot 1085