Gordian III, AE51 medallion of Thyateira, Lydia. Alliance 
issue with Smyrna, Ionia. AD 238-244. 52.67 g. Magistrate 
T. Fab. Alphinos Apollinarios. 

AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

EP T FAB ALF APOLINARIOY QYATEIRHNWN K CMYRN OMONOIA, confronted 
busts of Tyche of Thyateira, turreted and veiled, 
right, and the Amazon of Smyrna, turreted, left.	

RPC VII 191. Rev legend var of Mionnet IV, 1005; Paris 1557.

With permission of cngcoins.com, Triton XX, Lot: 457. Estimate $10000.