RPC VII.1, 268.2

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 268.2
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β
Edition Φλαβίων Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων καὶ Ζμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια ἐπὶ Μάρκου ἄρχοντος αʹ τὸ βʹ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλα(δελφέων) νεωκ(όρων) καὶ Ζμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκ(όρων) ὁμόν(οια) ἐπὶ Μάρκου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τ(ὸ) βʹ
Translation concord of the neocorate Flavian Philadelphians and thrice-neocorate Smyrnaeans, under 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 21.20 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1783–4
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–6: same pair of dies. 5–6: same obv. die as 267/1–2, 268.1/4.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
5 5     Cop SNG 393
6 6     V: GR 19517
7 7     ✸ Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2441 = Bertolami Fine Arts 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 324
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Manisa: 17556 Önder 208