RPC VII.1, 102

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 102
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Apollonides (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles seated left on rock, holding indistinct object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ehling 205
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 84/1–2 (Miletopolis), 101/1, 103/1–2, 112.1/1–2, 6, 113A/1, 132.1/1, 132.2/2–4, 134/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16220
2 2     NY: 1974.226.56 Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1799 (Mabbott)