Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ31 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΕΥΦΗΜΟΥ Β (?) ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ ΑΠΗΝΗ
| Issuer | Nysa (Conventus of Ephesus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | RPC VII.1#478 |
| Obverse description | Draped and diademed bust of Empress Furia Sabinia Tranquillina facing right, depicted in the provincial Greek style typical of Lydian civic coinage under Gordian III. The portrait shows the empress with an elaborate stephane or diadem, her hair dressed in the fashion of the mid-third century. The circular Greek legend surrounds the bust within a beaded border. The engraving reflects competent local die-cutting characteristic of the Nysaean mint. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Nysa ad Maeandrum, a prosperous city in the Maeander valley of Lydia, issued bronze coinage prolifically under Gordian III, often naming the local magistrate responsible for the issue — here, Euphemos, whose title suggests he may have held the post a second time (the Β indicating a second term as grammateus). These civic bronzes were produced entirely at the initiative and expense of the city, not the imperial mint, making the named magistrate genuinely accountable for the strike's quality and execution.