RPC VII.1, 307

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 307
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 Α ΚΑ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕ ΕΠ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥϹ
Edition Σμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νε(ωκόρων) ἐπ(ὶ) Μενεκλέους
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, under Menekles
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.59 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXX 8–10
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 9–10: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 303/1–8, 306/1–15, 311/1–7. 1–8: same rev. die as 303/1–8, 311/1–4, 317/1–9, 320/1–6, 322/1–8, 325/1–8. 9–10: same rev. die as 311/5–6, 317/10–23, 320/7–11, 325/9–10. 11: same rev. die as 311/7, 317/24–6, 325/11–16.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-Schottenstift: 3354
2 2     Cop SNG 1410
3 3     Mu: 430
4 4     O: New College
5 5     ✸ L: HPB,p110.23.A BMC 444
6 6     O: Milne
7 7     A: 1891-92 Kς 562
8 8     V: GR 37395
9 9     Malloy 16, 1980, lot 225
10 10     Milan: 7312
11 11     Tübingen SNG 3243
12 12     Pecunem 5, 7 July 2013, lot 188