RPC VII.1, 269.1

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 269.1
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 ΦΙΛ ΝΕΩΚ ΚΑΙ ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩΚ ΟΜΟ ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚ ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β
Edition Φλ(αβίων) Φιλ(αδελφέων) νεωκ(όρων) καὶ Σμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκ(όρων) ὁμό(νοια) ἐπὶ Μάρκ(ου) ἄρ(χοντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ
Translation concord of the neocorate Flavian Philadelphians and thrice-neocorate Smyrnaeans, under Marcus, first archon for the second time
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1787–8
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 269.2/5–6, 269.3/7–8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 120
2 2     NY: 1971.279.58
3 3     P: 1021
4 4     ✸ V: GR 32257
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = ex. M. Mihalka coll.
6 6     SNG Turkey 11, 293