RPC VII.1, 106

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 106
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate C Aur 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, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΓƐΡΜΗΝΩ
Reverse design Dionysus (nude) standing l., holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 211
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 104.2/2–3, 105/1–3, 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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 355 SNG 1000
2 2     Istanbul: 8995
3 3     Cahn 71, 1931, lot 842