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Æ22 - Gordian III ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Weight | 5.08 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted from the rear in three-quarter view, with the paludamentum visible over the cuirass. The imperial effigy is rendered in the typical provincial style of Asia Minor, with a radiate wreath of laurel leaves crowning the head. The Greek legend encircles the bust in the field, identifying the emperor by his full imperial titulature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus) |
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Magnesia ad Sipylum sat in the Hermus valley beneath Mount Sipylus, a city whose loyalty to Rome was secured early — it was among the communities that aided Roman forces during the wars against Antiochus III in the early second century BC, earning lasting privileges. By the Severan period the city minted prolifically under the Smyrna conventus, but output under Gordian III reflects a broader surge in provincial bronze across Asia Minor, likely tied to the suspension of regular silver distributions and increased reliance on local civic issues for small transactions.