RPC VII.1, 322

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 322
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Tertius (asiarch)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕ ΕΠ ΤΕΡΤΙΟΥ ΑϹΙ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Klose, Smyrna XVIII 15
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 323/1–21, RPC VIII 1027/1–3 (Erythrae), RPC VIII 1028/1–5 (Erythrae), RPC VIII 1048/2, 16, RPC VIII 1113/1–2, 4, 8 (Thyatira). 1–8: same rev. die as 303/1–8, 307/1–8, 311/1–4, 317/1–9, 320/1–6, 325/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Braunschweig: 468 SNG 1074
2 2     P: 2807
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     V.B. coll.
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.46999
6 6     O: Raye
7 7     Brussels: II 57911
8 8     A: Keun 1204