RPC VII.1, 173.3

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 173.3
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Logismos (strategos)
Alliance with Nicomedia
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΙΟΥΛ ΛΟΓΙϹΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Κ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff, next to Demeter standing facing, holding poppy and torch, both on galley with oars; on stern, helmsman
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Axis 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1630, 1632–32A; Kampman 102
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–9: same pair of dies. 6–9: same obv. die as 163/1, 173.1/1–4, 173.2/5, 174/1–5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     Private coll. Baden-Württemberg
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.43367
8 8     Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1171 (C. Fontana coll.)
9 9     Arolsen, cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk