RPC VII.1, 196.2

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 196.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Titus Fabius Alfenus Apollinarios (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΙƐΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, r.
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ Τ ΦΑΒ ΑΛΦΗ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ ΘΥΑΤƐΙΡΗΝΩ Κ ϹΜΥΡΝ
Reverse design Tyche of Thyatira and Amazon Smyrna standing facing each other; between them, altar; Tyche holding figure of Apollo Tyrimnacos and sceptre, Amazon holding figures of the two Nemeses, double axe, pelta and chlamys
Metal Æ
Average diameter 42 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Franke & Nollé 2350–1
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same pair of dies. 4–5: same obv. die as 196.1/1–3.
Note On the rev., the last two Ns are retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     ✸ B: I-B LS p. 160, no. 33
5 5     Boston: 60.1443
6 6     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 719
7 7     Leu EA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 555