RPC VII.1, 269.3

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 269.3
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΝΕΩΚ ΟΜΟΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β
Edition Φλαβίων Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων καὶ Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια ἐπὶ Αὐρηλίου Μάρκου ἄρχοντος αʹ τὸ βʹ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλα(δελφέων) νεωκ(όρων) καὶ Σμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκ(όρων) ὁμόν(οια) 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.69 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1789–90
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–8: same pair of dies. 7–8: same obv. die as 269.1/1–4, 269.2/5–6. 7–9: same rev. die.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
7 7     L
8 8     Winterthur GrMW II, 3879
9 9     ✸ Schulten Oct. 1989, lot 846 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 400
10 10     CGT coll.