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Æ37 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΘΕΟΔΟΤΟΥ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Weight | 23.87 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted from the rear in three-quarter perspective, a rendering characteristic of the provincial coinage of Asia Minor. The emperor's effigy shows distinctive radiate laurel wreath, with paludamentum and segmented cuirass rendered in relief. The encircling Greek legend runs along the beaded border of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, the Magna Mater and patron deity of Magnesia ad Sipylum, seated left in a biga drawn by two striding lions, her right arm resting upon a tympanum. The composition emphasizes the civic religious identity of the issuing city, closely associated with the cult of Cybele originating from Mount Sipylus. The reverse legend is arranged in two registers: the magistrate's name and title arc across the upper field, while the ethnic designation of the Magnesians of the Sipylus appears in two lines in the lower exergual area, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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