RPC VII.1, 321

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 321
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Tertius (asiarch)
Obverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Obverse design veiled bust of Demeter left, holding two ears of corn and cornucopia
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ΤΕΡΤΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding patera, double axe, pelta and chlamys; at her feet, prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose, Smyrna XVIII 13–14
Specimens 29 (18 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13, 15–18, 21–2: same pair of dies. 14, 19–20: same pair of dies. 23, 25, 27: same pair of dies. 24, 26: same pair of dies. 1–13, 15–18, 21–3, 25, 27: same obv. die. 14, 19–20, 24, 26, 28: same obv. die as RPC VIII 1046/1, 4–5. 1–22: same rev. die. 23–7: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Brussels
2 2     N: 8193
3 3     C SNG Lewis 1407
4 4     Cop SNG 1319
5 5     V: GR 17715
6 6     O: Godwyn
7 7     SNG vA 7992
8 8     G Hunter 175 = SNG 1625
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     L BMC 243
11 11     Vat: 215
12 12     NY: 1944.100.47001
13 13     Amsterdam: Den Haag 5973
14 14     V: GR 17716
15 15     Rome: 80332
16 16     Lyon
17 17     P: Delepierre 1966.453
18 18     C: Leake 8136
19 19     ✸ Mu
20 20     P: 2762
21 21     MünzZentrum 47, 1982, lot 141
22 22     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 722
23 23     B: Löbb.
24 24     P: 2764
25 25     G Hunter 174 = SNG 1626
26 26     P: 2763
27 27     L BMC 242
28 28     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 978
29 29     CGT coll.