RPC VII.1, 304

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 304
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Menekles (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΠ Ϲ Γ Ι ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥϹ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Γ(αΐου) Ἰ(ουλίου) Μενεκλέους
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, first in Asia, under strategos Gaius Julius Menekles
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Roma holding shield and spear; on either side, temple seen in three-quarter view
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.90 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXX 2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 275/1 (Cyme), 276/1 (Cyme), 305/1, 308.1/4–5, 7, 308.2/6, 309/1–6, 309A/1. 1–4: same rev. die as 308.1/1–5, 7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2742
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1795 SNG vA 2228
3 3     Baldwin's, London
4 4     Turin Fabretti 4119
5 5     Freiburg: 11850