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Æ36 - Gordian III ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩ ΕΠ ΤΕΡΤΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Diameter | 36 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The hero Alexander the Great is depicted recumbent and sleeping upon his shield beneath the spreading branches of a plane-tree, a mythological scene associated with Smyrna's civic identity. Behind and flanking the sleeping figure, two Nemeses stand facing one another in a symmetrical composition, each identifiable by their characteristic attributes. The scene alludes to the legendary foundation myth of Smyrna, in which Alexander slept under a plane-tree and was instructed by the Nemeses to refound the city. The reverse legend, arranged in the field and exergue, identifies the issuing city, its neocorate status, and the presiding asiarch. |
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| Mint | Smyrna (Ionia) |
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