RPC VII.1, 108.2

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 108.2
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 ΕΠ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles reclining right on lion's back, holding bow and club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 215
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–11, 13: same pair of dies. 3–11, 13: same obv. die as 104.2/2–3, 105/1–3, 106/1–2, 107.1/1–2, 7, 107.2/3–4, 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. 3–13: same rev. die as 108.1/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     B: 18262370, I-B
4 4     L: 1841,B.2438 BMC 29 = BMC Lydia 34
5 5     ✸ B: 18262371, 75/1873
6 6     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 477 (Righetti)
7 7     Mu
8 8     P: 354 SNG 1001
9 9     P: 362 SNG 1002 = Wa 809
10 10     O: Christ Church
11 11     Cahn 68, 1930, lot 1904
12 12     Turin: 3694 rev. cast in Winterthur
13 13     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1060 = Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1369