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Æ24 - Gordian III ΕΠ ϹΤ ΦΛ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyme (Aeolis), under Conventus of Smyrna |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the personified Senate (ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ) facing right, depicted as a veiled and draped female figure. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Gordian III-era Aeolian civic coinage. A dotted border runs along the coin's periphery. The encircling Greek legend identifies the subject as the Sacred Senate. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ (Translation: Sacred Senate) |
| Reverse description | Tyche, the goddess of fortune, depicted standing in full figure facing left, clad in a long chiton and himation. She holds a ship's rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, the standard iconographic attributes of civic Tyche on provincial coinage. The figure stands within the field, framed by the encircling Greek magistrate and ethnic legend. A dotted border runs along the periphery. |
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