RPC VII.1, 106

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 Gaius Aurelius Apollonides (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩ
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἀπολλωνίδου Γερμηνῶ(ν)
Translation under Gaius Apollonides of the Germenians
Reverse design Dionysus (nude) standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.47 g
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, 121.1/1–5, 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