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Æ30 - Gordian III ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ ΕΠ ΠΩΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, seen from the rear, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of the Smyrna mint. The imperial paludamentum is visible over the cuirass, with detailed folds of drapery. The portrait is enclosed within a beaded border, with the Greek imperial titulature legend distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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This coin was struck under the joint authority of Smyrna and Thyateira to commemorate a homonoia — a formal alliance of civic concord between the two cities. Such agreements were politically calculated affairs, often brokered to resolve commercial disputes or competition over imperial favor, and Gordian III's reign saw a notable surge in homonoia issues across the Lydian and Ionian conventions. The magistrate named in the legend, Pollianus, held the role of grammateus, the civic secretary responsible for overseeing just such diplomatic arrangements.