RPC VII.1, 269.3

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 269.3
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 ΝΕΩΚ ΟΜΟΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1789–90
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–8: same pair of dies. 7–8: same obv. die as 269.1/1–4, 269.2/5–6. 7–9: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
7 7     L
8 8     Winterthur GrMW II, 3879
9 9     ✸ Schulten Oct. 1989, lot 846 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 400
10 10     CGT coll.