RPC VII.1, 105

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 105
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius 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 ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Apollo holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ehling 216
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 104.2/2–3, 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 5041 β
2 2     A-KIKPE Pfälzer Privatslg. 1468
3 3     Lindgren III, 468
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = Bucephalus Numismatic Black 20, 25 May 2023, lot 675