RPC VII.1, 198.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 198.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Titus Fabius Alfenus Apollinarios (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Ἀπολλιναρ(ίου) Θυατείρηνῶν
Translation under Apollinarios of the Thyatirans
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of the Tyche of Thyatira, right
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΝ ΟΜΟΝΟ
Edition Θυατειρηνῶν καὶ Σμυρναίων ὁμόνο(ια)
Translation concord of the Thyatirans and Smyrnaeans
Reverse design two hands clasped
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.50 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 2343–7
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 197/1–5. 1–5: same rev. die as 199/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B LS p. 161, no. 34
2 2     L: 1853,1215.2 BMC 152
3 3     P: 1443 Wa 5347
4 4     Stockholm: 1427
5 5     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 872 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 403
9 9     E. Demirtaş, Izmir Tarihi Muzesi: Antik Dönem Sikke Koleksiyonu. Izmir Museum of Commercial History: Ancient Coins (Izmir, 2011), no. 70