RPC VII.1, 104.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 104.2
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 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 Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩ[ΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡ]ΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing right, right hand raised, holding lyre on column; behind him, tree with serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 209
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 2–3: same obv. die as 105/1–3, 106/1–2, 107.1/1–2, 7, 107.2/3–4, 108.2/3–11, 13, 114.1/1, 3–4, 114.2/2, 117/1, 118/1–2, 119/1–5, 120/1–2, 121.1/1–4, 122/1–3, 123/1, 124/1, 125/1–3, 126/1. 2–3: same rev. die as 154.2/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ B: 18262374, Löbb
3 3     Beutler coll. 5415
4 4     Art & Coins #9, 30 Nov. 2022, lot 181