RPC VII.1, 268.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 268.1
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
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 ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑ ΝΕΩΚ ΚΑΙ ΖΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩΚ ΟΜΟΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β
Edition Φλ(αβίων) Φιλα(δελφέων) νεωκ(όρων) καὶ Ζμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκ(όρων) ὁμόν(οια) ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μάρκου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ
Translation concord of the neocorate Flavian Philadelphians and thrice-neocorate Smyrnaeans, under Aurelius Marcus, first archon for the second time
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between two stags, Nemesis of Smyrna on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.94 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1782, 1786
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4: same obv. die as 267/1–2, 268.2/5–6. 1–4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 405/1925
2 2     Lederer I, p. 69, no. 73
3 3     P: 1024
4 4     Winterthur GrMW II, 3878
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = Aquila Numismatics 2, 7 May 2022, lot 535