RPC VII.1, 271

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 271
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Flαvius Menophantos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤ ΦΛ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στ(ρατηγοῦ) Φλ(αουίου) Μηνοφάντου Κυμαίων
Translation under strategos Flavius Menophantos of the Cymaeans
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.73 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 272/1–2, 286/1–6 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 287/1–2 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 297.1/1–2 (Phocaea), 297.2/3–4 (Phocaea), 310/1–8 (Smyrna), 339/1 (Temnus), 341/1–4 (Temnus), 342/1–3 (Temnus). 1–3: same rev. die as 275/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 232
2 2     Athena (Munich), 1994
3 3     G. Labarre, ‘Un trésor d'époque impériale à Mytilène’, RN 151 (1996), pp. 119–140, no. 44
4 4     CGT coll.