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Æ16 - Gordian III ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, portrayed in three-quarter view from the front in the provincial Greek style. The effigy displays the emperor's characteristic youthful features, with the laurel wreath denoting imperial authority. The obverse legend runs around the periphery of the flan. The coin exhibits heavy wear consistent with extensive circulation, with the flan showing slight irregularity typical of hand-struck provincial bronze coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Gordian) |
| Reverse description | The river god Astraios, the eponymous deity of the local river, is depicted reclining to the left in the traditional Hellenistic manner for personified waterways. He holds a reed in one hand and a cornucopia in the other, symbolic of fertility and abundance, while resting his elbow upon an overturned water urn from which the river's waters flow. The encircling ethnic legend identifies the issuing civic authority of Metropolis in Ionia. |
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