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Æ30 - Gordian III ΕΠ ϹΤ ΦΛ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ 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 | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted three-quarter view from the rear, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder and scale armour rendered across the chest. The imperial effigy is presented in the characteristic provincial style of the Smyrna conventus, with bold relief and confident modelling of the facial features. The circumferential legend in Greek characters runs along the outer rim, naming the emperor in full titulature. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A nude male athlete strides to the left, both arms raised as he holds a prize crown (stephanos) aloft above his head, referencing the sacred games celebrated at Cyme. Before him stands a rectangular structure, identified as a monumental temple or civic building, depicted frontally and surrounded by a colonnade with two pylons or towers flanking the entrance, rendered in the schematic architectural style typical of Aeolian civic bronze coinage. The reverse legend, distributed around the field, records the name and title of the presiding strategos responsible for the coin issue. |
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