Die Eintracht zweier Metropolen: Überlegungen zur Homonoia von Ephesos und Alexandreia zu Beginn der Regierung Gordians III

Abstract

A voluminous issue of coins from Ephesus struck in the time of Gordianus III on the homonoia with Alexandria in Egypt has to be dated into the first years of the reign of this emperor, between Mai/June 238 to May 241. The reason for striking this high quantity of different types are military confrontations along the border to the Euphrates, to which both cities were logistically involved as halting places as well as grain delivery posts. The topics of the reverses of these homonoia-coins show us that many different aspects, religious, economic, geographic and political, of both cities have been put into consideration. Conclusions 203 This study points out, how the homonoia between both cities is emphasized by the iconography of the coins. DIETRICH 0

Suggested citation

Nollé, Margret Karola: Die Eintracht zweier Metropolen: Überlegungen zur Homonoia von Ephesos und Alexandreia zu Beginn der Regierung Gordians III. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 46 (1996), pp. 49–72.