RPC VII.1, 267

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 267
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Marcus (first archon for the second time)
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑ ΝΕΩΚ ΚΑΙ ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow, between the two Nemeses of Smyrna
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1785
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 268.1/4, 268.2/5–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 119
2 2     ✸ P: 1023 Wa 5155