Thyateira (AD 238-244) AE 51 - Gordian III

Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE51 - Medallion (52.67g). Homonoia with Smyrna. T. Fab. Alphinos Apollinarios, magistrate. AVT K • M • ANT Γ–OPΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠ • T ΦAB AΛΦ AΠOΛINAPIOV • ΘVATЄIP–HNΩN • K • CMVPN •/ OMONOIA, confronted turreted busts of Tyche of Thyateira right, facing Amazon of Smyrna left. EF, red-brown surfaces, gently smoothed in areas. Extremely rare, seemingly the second known and the only in private hands. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (5/2014), lot 1085.