RPC VII.1, 326

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 326
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose, Smyrna XXI 41–4
Specimens 26 (19 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 9–14: same pair of dies. 15–17: same pair of dies. 18–25: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 324/2–8, 325/9–19, 346/1–4 (Temnus), 347/1–2 (Temnus), 721/1 (Hyrgaleis). 15–17: same obv. die as 325/20–32. 18–25: same obv. die as 325/33–81. 1–8: same rev. die as 318/1–8, 323/1–2. 9–14: same rev. die as 323/3–7. 15–17: same rev. die as 323/8–15. 18–25: same rev. die as 323/16.
Note Tyche holding patera and not rudder as described in RPC VII.1
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne
2 2     Mu: 272
3 3     Depositum München
4 4     NY: 1944.100.46996
5 5     V: GR 32987
6 6     P: 2794
7 7     O
8 8     P: 2595
9 9     Cop SNG 1322
10 10     P: 2809
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     O: Milne
13 13     Istanbul: 6841
14 14     Münster: M 1163
15 15     ✸ P: 2792A
16 16     B: Sperling
17 17     O: Christ Church
18 18     A: Keun 1100
19 19     G Hunter 167 = SNG 1598
20 20     V-Universität
21 21     O: Milne
22 22     P: 2596
23 23     Oslo
24 24     P: 2793
25 25     L
26 26     Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 166