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Æ35 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΤΩΝ Π ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΝ ΚΕΝΤΑ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tralles (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted in three-quarter view from the front, with the radiate crown rendered in characteristic provincial style. The emperor's paludamentum and cuirass are visible on the truncation. The Greek imperial titulature legend surrounds the bust in the field, running from lower left to upper right. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tralles, a prosperous city in the Maeander valley, was one of the most active provincial mints in the Conventus of Ephesus under Gordian III, producing a substantial range of large bronze issues. The magistrate name partially preserved in this coin's legend — Philippos Kentas — appears across a small cluster of dies attributable to a single administrative tenure, making cross-referencing against the Corpus possible with reasonable confidence. Provincial bronzes of this diameter and weight class from Tralles were effectively the backbone of everyday transactional commerce across Lydia during the 240s, when the central Roman silver supply was already degrading under Gordian's military expenditures on the eastern frontier.