RPC VII.1, 114.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 114.1
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
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 Ϲ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Aelius Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Apollo standing right, right arm raised, holding lyre on column; behind him, tree with serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.24 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 104.2/2–3, 105/1–3, 106/1–2, 107.1/1–2, 7, 107.2/3–4, 108.2/3–11, 13, 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

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1918
4 4     Peus 380, 3 Nov. 2004, lot 865