RPC VII.1, 124

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 124
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 ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚ[ΟΥ] ΓΕΡΜΗΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀριστονείκου Γερμην(ῶν)
Translation under Aelius Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Dionysus standing in biga drawn by two panthers, left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.37 g
Axis 12
Reference Ehling 237
Specimens 1 (1 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, 123/1, 125/1–3, 126/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G Hunter 2 = SNG 1348