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Æ21 - Gordian III ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyme (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Furia Tranquillina Augusta facing right, her hair elaborately arranged and bound with a diadem, with drapery visible at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the provincial style characteristic of the Conventus of Smyrna, with naturalistic facial features. The encircling Greek legend names the empress in her full titulature. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Athena, helmeted and wearing a gorgoneion-decorated aegis, stands facing left in a martial pose, raising her right arm to brandish a spear and extending her left arm forward bearing the aegis as a shield-like defensive weapon. The goddess is rendered in the local provincial style, with drapery falling to her feet. The ethnic legend of the Cymaean civic mint encircles the type. |
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