RPC VII.1, 111

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 111
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles reclining right on lion's back, holding club and small Eros on his knees
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 219
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 71/1–2 (Hadrianeia), 72/1 (Hadrianeia), 99/1, 100/1, 110/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1798 (Mabbott)