RPC VII.1, 267

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 267
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Marcus (first archon for the second time)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑ ΝΕΩΚ ΚΑΙ ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β
Edition Φλ(αβίων) Φιλα(δελφέων) νεωκ(όρων) καὶ Σμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκόρ(ων) ὁμόνοια ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μάρκου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ
Translation concord of the neocorate Flavian Philadelphians and thrice-neocorate Smyrnaeans, under Aurelius Marcus, first archon for the second time
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow, between the two Nemeses of Smyrna
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 22.21 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1785
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 268.1/4, 268.2/5–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 119
2 2     ✸ P: 1023 Wa 5155