RPC VII.1, 308.2

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 308.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Rufinus the sophist (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 ϹΤΡ ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ῥουφίνου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate, first in Asia, under strategos Rufinus
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 37 mm
Average weight 23.75 g
Axis 12
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXX 13
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 275/1 (Cyme), 276/1 (Cyme), 304/1–4, 305/1, 308.1/4–5, 7, 309/1–6, 309A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     ✸ Rome: 111167