RPC VII.1, 312

 

Image of specimen #46

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 312
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ(Α) Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀνττώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing left, holding cantharus and club with lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.84 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXX 19–28
Specimens 49 (22 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–15: same pair of dies. 17–23: same pair of dies. 24–9: same pair of dies. 30–3: same pair of dies. 35–6: same pair of dies. 1–15, 17–34: same obv. die. 16, 35–6: same obv. die. 37–8: same obv. die as 343/17–18, 24 (Temnus). 39: same obv. die as 343/8–16 (Temnus). 1–16: same rev. die as 315.1/1–5. 17–23: same rev. die as 315.1/6–8. 24–9: same rev. die as 315.1/9–12. 30–3: same rev. die as 315.1/13–16. 34–6: same rev. die as 315.1/17–19. 37: same rev. die as 315.1/20. 38: same rev. die as 315.1/21. 39: same rev. die as 315.1/22–3.
Note Obv. legend reads Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ or Α ΚΑ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Istanbul: 6854
2 2     V.B.
3 3     Rome: 111134
4 4     SNG vA 2230
5 5     Mu
6 6     P: 2752
7 7     G Hunter 260 = SNG 1619
8 8     N: 8237
9 9     NY: 1944.100.47087
10 10     Mu
11 11     Rome: 111133
12 12     G Hunter 259 = SNG 1620
13 13     O: Oman
14 14     Numismatica Wien, Oct. 1972, lot 335
15 15     Lyon
16 16     Plankenhorn coll.
17 17     Hannover: 324
18 18     O: New College
19 19     A: Keun 1193
20 20     L: 1839,1224.331 BMC 445
21 21     Brussels: 53.706
22 22     Oslo
23 23     Boston: 63.2601
24 24     Klagenfurt: 2725
25 25     V: GR 17867
26 26     A: Keun 1209
27 27     O: Oman
28 28     B: Löbb.
29 29     C
30 30     V: GR 17866
31 31     Depositum München
32 32     A: 5473
33 33     B: 28723
34 34     C
35 35     Istanbul: 6853
36 36     O: Milne
37 37     O: Milne
38 38     Mu: 429
39 39     Tübingen SNG 3244
40 40     Weber 6184
41 41     P: AA.GR.18875
42 42     P: AA.GR.24924
43 43     P: AA.GR.12479
44 44     Bern: N/G1544
45 45     C. Rhodes coll.
46 46     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
47 47     C. Rhodes coll.
48 48     C. Rhodes coll.
49 49     Boston: 88.27