RPC VII.1, 193

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 193
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ 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 ΘΥΑΤ Κ ϹΜΥΡ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Artemis-Selene-Hecate, crescent at shoulders, advancing right, a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 2302–6
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 189/1–11, 190/1, 194/1–11, 195/1–5. 1–6: same rev. die as 189/1–11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19649
2 2     B: Wellenheim
3 3     O: Christ Church
4 4     Amsterdam: Den Haag 6692
5 5     Yale: 2004.6.302 PRF coll., ex Brandt-Sonntag 1988
6 6     O: Milne
7 7     Yale: 2004.6.303 PRF coll.
8 8     ✸ H.I. coll.