RPC VII.1, 122

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 122
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 ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding figure of Apollo, hand on shield; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 234–5
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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, 119/1–5, 120/1–2, 121.1/1–4, 123/1, 124/1, 125/1–3, 126/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 151A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 16221
2 2     ✸ Milan: 7289
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 320
4 4     Düsseldorf: Ls3539.06.09