RPC VII.1, 310

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 310
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Tertius (asiarch)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ 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 ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩ ΕΠ ΤΕΡΤΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ
Reverse design Alexander the Great sleeping on shield under plane-tree; behind, two Nemeses standing facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXX 15
Specimens 8 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 271/1–3 (Cyme), 272/1–2 (Cyme), 286/1–6 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 287/1–2 (Magnesia ad Sipylum), 297.1/1–2 (Phocaea), 297.2/3–4 (Phocaea), 339/1 (Temnus), 341/1–4 (Temnus), 342/1–3 (Temnus).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne
2 2     G Hunter 253 = SNG 1617
3 3     L: 1938,1007.168
4 4     V: GR 38623
5 5     L: 1840,0217.197 BMC 442
6 6     ✸ B: 18214423, B-I
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     P: 2738A