RPC VII.1, 123

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 123
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 ΑΡΙϹΤΟ[ΝΕΙΚ]ΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Aelius Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ehling 236
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: 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, 121.1/1–5, 122/1–3, 124/1, 125/1–3, 126/1. 1: same rev. die as 107.1/1–2, 156/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Wendt-Numismatica XVII, 1977, lot 320 (Hollschek II)
2 2     ✸ CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.