RPC VII.1, 119

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 119
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre, facing emperor in military dress, standing right, right raised, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 224
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: 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, 114.1/1, 3–4, 114.2/2, 117/1, 118/1–2, 120/1–2, 121.1/1–4, 122/1–3, 123/1, 124/1, 125/1–3, 126/1. 1–5: same rev. die as 150A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p94.7.A BMC 26 = BMC Lydia 31
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 319 = Wendt-Numismatica XVII, 1977, lot 322 (Hollschek II)
3 3     ✸ B: 18262372, Löbb
4 4     Plankenhorn coll. = Lanz 78, 1996, lot 846 = Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1047
5 5     Cop SNG 146
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 329