RPC VII.1, 194

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤ Κ ϹΜΥΡ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Θυατ(είρηνων) κ(αὶ) Σμυρ(ναίων) ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Thyatirans and the Smyrnaeans
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
Average weight 7.23 g
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.
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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.